US Postal Service crisis: Pelosi recalls House early to fight election 'sabotage'

Speaker says urgent bill to halt postal cuts will be put to House to combat Trump’s ‘threat’ to democracy

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is recalling the House early from its summer recess in a bid to protect the US Postal Service from efforts to block funding and suppress mail-in voting in November’s election.

Pelosi said the House would return later this week to vote on a bill prohibiting the USPS from changing its operations or service levels from what it had in place at the start of 2020. Previously, the House had not been scheduled to vote until 15 September.

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