https://redstate.com/russvought/2011/09/14/darrell-issa-and-the-ongoing-fight-against-postal-bailouts/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 11:29:27 -0400<![CDATA[Most Americans by now have heard via numerous press accounts that the United States Postal Service (USPS) is on the brink of default in the absence of Congressional action. Now this does not mean that the mail system is going to shut down all of a sudden. It means that the Postal Service will violate the law by not making its $5.5 billion debt payment to taxpayers for the unfunded liability of providing federal healthcare benefits to its workers. Accordingly, USPS is asking Congress to both relieve them of this payment (a bad idea and something conservatives have fought for years) and untie their hands to cut some of their costs (a good thing). Fortunately, Darrell Issa, the Chairman of the Government Reform and Oversight Committee with jurisdiction, is fully engaged with trying to prevent the former and pursue the latter.]]>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:28:17 -0400<![CDATA[Russ Vought]]>https://redstate.com/russvought/2011/09/14/darrell-issa-and-the-ongoing-fight-against-postal-bailouts-n40411