Sen. Bernie Sanders says an agreement by the
U.S. Postal Service to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and
3,700 local post offices by five months gives Congress more time to consider
postal reform legislation.
Senator
Bernie Sanders says Democrats should reject any deficit reduction deal if it
cuts Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Sanders says that would allow Democrats to frame the
2012 election debates.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy headed back to Washington on Monay. Vermont’s two senators are scheduled to rejoin the ongoing debate over how to pay for federal disaster relief.
Members of Vermont’s congressional delegation find themselves in the
center of the latest battle in Washington over federal spending for flood recovery and other disasters.