Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s encouraged by a
vote in the U.S. Senate to modernize the U.S. Postal Service. But the Vermont independent says the effort to save the mail
processing facility in White River Junction and rural post offices still faces
several hurdles.
The U.S. Senate passed a major transportation bill Wednesday that would
provide $408 million for Vermont over the next two years. The bill now moves on to the U.S. House.
The U.S. Postal Service says it will close its
facility in White River Junction. Staff at the plant was informed of the
decision yesterday in a statement and a video from the U.S. postmaster general.
Vermont’s congressional delegation is cheering President Barack Obama’s decision to reject a proposed
pipeline to bring Canadian oil to the United States.