Senate passes HR 83, preserving 6-day mail service

On Saturday the Senate passed HR 83. The measure does not include postal reform language, but it does ensure that 6-day mail services will continue through the end of September, Max Heath, chairman of the National Newspaper Association wrote in an email to The Rural Blog.

"The president has not yet posted a signing date, but he is expected to sign," Heath writes. "He has until Wednesday, which is when the previous short-term appropriations bill runs out."