the agency is still predicting that it will default on another employee benefits payment due at the end of september. senator bernie sanders of vermont, he has done everything he can to help enhance and save the postal service. senator, good to have you with us tonight. i go home to detroit lakes, minnesota, a little resort town in upstate minnesota, 6,000 people. saturday morning, the post office is packed. people love their post office. america loves their mail. why in the world was this bill ever passed, and why haven't the democrats tried to reverse this whole thing? i know you have, but collectively it should be right on the front burner. >> actually, it's an issue that is going to be discussed at caucus tomorrow. and i'm going to do everything i can to make sure that we have legislation which saves tens and tens of thousands of jobs that would otherwise be lost. here is the most important point for the viewers to understand. in the first quarter of this fiscal year in terms of