Two Easy Ways You Can Get Congress To Fix The US Postal Service

Dear Industry Executive:

By now, you’ve heard plenty from us about the dire need for Congress to pass legislation to reform the US Postal Service. Passage of such a bill can potentially improve all aspects of your dealings with the USPS – better rates, service, accountability, and the like.

The manager of the Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service (C21), the mailing industry group of which ACMA is an influential member, wrote an excellent opinion piece in today’s edition of The Hill, an objective daily publication that connects the players, defines the issues and influences the way Washington’s decision makers view the debates on Capitol Hill.

Two Quick & Easy Asks

  1. Share this influential article on social media using the buttons at the top of the op-ed from both your personal and business accounts if possible. You can also visit the C21 Facebook page to like and share from there.
  2. If your business or clients rely on a healthy Postal Service, help influence Congress to move the current postal reform bills along to eventual passage. If your company has ties with any Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee (especially Democrats), encourage them to work with Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on his “second review” language for the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of Appropriations. Click here to view a list of senators on this vital committee to see if one represents your state.

As always, please alert us (via our action@catalogmailers.org address) of any/all actions you take, as it’s very helpful in our broader efforts and allows our DC personnel to follow up directly. And of course, please pass this alert onto anyone you know in the catalog/remote marketing/e-com industries who you think could take similar actions.
action@catalogmailers.org

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