Trump names USPS board nominee, potentially solidifying Republican control of mail service
The nomination sets up a potentially charged and rapid confirmation fight in the Senate for a position that tends to be nonpolitical in nature and pass without opposition.
By Jacob BogageWashington Post
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expected to nominate a fifth Republican to governing board of the U.S. Postal Service, potentially solidifying GOP control over an agency that has generated intense political interest during the coronavirus pandemic and 2020 election.
Roy Bernardi, a former mayor of Syracuse, N.Y., and a deputy secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the George W. Bush administration, would fill one of three openings on the nine-member board and become the fifth Republican member, if confirmed by the Senate. By law, no more than five members may be of the same party, and traditionally, the party in control of the White House takes over the majority as g