A former senior Obama administration official was elected president of the US Postal Service Board of Governors.
Ron Bloom, a Democrat appointed by former President Trump
Donald TrumpDOJ will resign the majority of U.S. prosecutors appointed by Trump: report Trump’s lawyer withdraws request not to hold impeachment trial on Saturday Kinzinger on opinion calls to Republican Party senators to convict Trump on impeachment trial who has served on the post office since 2019, said he hopes to work on a “comprehensive plan” to revitalize the agency.
“It will be necessary for us and our stakeholders to come together, face our challenges openly, make the necessary choices and do what is right for this great organization and our country,” he said in a statement.
Bloom previously served on former President Obama as his senior manufacturing policy advisor. He will succeed Robert Duncan, a Republican who has served as chairman of the post office since September 2018 and will continue as governor of the board.
Roman Martinez IV, another Republican member of the council, was elected vice president.
President biden
Joe BidenDemocrats say Trump’s impeachment defense ‘totally without merit’ A US-Israel defense treaty has benefits – and endangers the White House: Biden won’t waste much time watching Trump’s impeachment trial MORE faced appeals to undermine the postal leadership. His board consists of six Trump nominees, two of whom are Democrats.
There are currently three seats on the nine-person board. The American Post Union called on Biden to fill the vacancies with Democrats, giving the party a simple majority.
“It should become a 5 to 4 choice … majority in the Democratic Party,” Mark Dimondstein, the union’s president, told NPR.
Bloom said on Tuesday that he would work with the agency’s governors and their general postmaster, Louis DeJoy
Louis DeJoyDemocrat asks Biden to dismiss the postal service for “complicity” in an attempt to overturn the election. Judge approves deal to streamline Georgia’s second-round ballots DeJoy’s calendar released by the Post Office is almost entirely edited MORE, in a 10-year plan to revitalize the agency, the Associated Press reported.
At Tuesday’s meeting, DeJoy also allegedly apologized for the mail service delays experienced by many Americans last year, which occurred amid the COVID-19 pandemic and DeJoy’s own efforts to institute operational changes at the agency before the November election.
“Many Americans have been waiting for weeks for important deliveries of mail and packages. This is unacceptable and I apologize to customers who have felt the impact of our delays, ”said DeJoy, according to AP.
Rep. Bill Pascrell
William (Bill) James PascrellBottom line Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed support on Facebook for violence against Democrats. Democrat asks Biden to fire the post for ‘complicity’ in attempts to overturn elections. MORE (DN.J.) asked the White House in January to dismiss all the governing council appointed by Trump in the Postal Service for “silence and complicity in Trump and DeJoy’s attempts to subvert the election and destroy the Post Office.”
The Hill contacted the White House to comment on calls for future actions related to the post office.