Chuck Schumer called on the Senate to return to probe U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over cost-cutting measures. Schumer suggested that should DeJoy refuse to appear, he shouldn’t be allowed to keep his post
WASHINGTON - U.S. Democrats stepped up pressure on Sunday against a cost-cutting campaign by President Donald Trump’s appointed Postal Service chief that they fear will hold up mail-in ballots in November’s election, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling lawmakers back and several states considering legal action.
Trump has repeatedly and without evidence said that a surge in mail-in voting would lead to fraud. Voting by mail is nothing new in the United States, as one in four voters cast ballots that way in 2016. “We will take whatever action is necessary to prevent further efforts to undermine or thwart the operation of the Postal Service,” she said, adding that counterparts in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington and other states were conferring.
A senior Democratic aide said House lawmakers would likely return on Saturday to vote on the bill, which would prohibit changes to Postal Service levels that were in place on Jan. 1, 2020. Trump later walked back those comments, saying he would not veto a bill that included funds for the Postal Service.
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