{"id":5724,"date":"2026-04-10T16:31:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=5724"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:31:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:31:36","slug":"congress-seeks-solution-for-averting-usps-fiscal-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/congress-seeks-solution-for-averting-usps-fiscal-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Seeks Solution for Averting USPS Fiscal Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kosar-Congress-Postal-Service-Finances-WEX-04-10-2026.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"890\" data-attachment-id=\"5725\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/congress-seeks-solution-for-averting-usps-fiscal-collapse\/kosar-congress-postal-service-finances-wex-04-10-2026\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kosar-Congress-Postal-Service-Finances-WEX-04-10-2026.png\" data-orig-size=\"688,890\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kosar Congress Postal Service Finances WEX 04-10-2026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kosar-Congress-Postal-Service-Finances-WEX-04-10-2026-232x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kosar-Congress-Postal-Service-Finances-WEX-04-10-2026.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kosar-Congress-Postal-Service-Finances-WEX-04-10-2026.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kosar-Congress-Postal-Service-Finances-WEX-04-10-2026.png 688w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kosar-Congress-Postal-Service-Finances-WEX-04-10-2026-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress has a lot on its plate this year. Legislators have to bargain out all 12 funding bills before fiscal 2026 ends midnight Sept. 30. The nearly two-month impasse over paying Transportation Security Administration and other Department of Homeland Security employees has had a short-term resolution, but many outstanding problems remain&#8230;.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4514244\/congress-seeks-solution-averting-usps-fiscal-collapse\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress has a lot on its plate this year. Legislators have to bargain out all 12 funding bills before fiscal 2026 ends midnight Sept. 30. The nearly two-month impasse over paying Transportation Security Administration and other Department of Homeland Security employees has had a short-term resolution, but many outstanding problems remain&#8230;.(Read more)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[161],"tags":[174],"class_list":["post-5724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-postal-service","tag-the-washington-examiner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pBCzY-1uk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5726,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5724\/revisions\/5726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}