With less than a month to go before the United States Postal Service shuts down more than 200 centers, the U.S. Senate has decided to begin debate on a bill to rescue the ailing system.
On Tuesday, Senators voted 74 to 22 to begin deliberation on The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012 (S. 1789). The bill, proposed by Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Scott Brown (R-Mass.), seeks to save the USPS $22.5 billion by 2016 and avert entering into bankruptcy, which could happen as soon as October of this year.
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