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The House has approved a bipartisan bill that would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per

"It is my intention for the Senate to quickly take up and pass this bipartisan, bicameral postal reform bill," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

The new bill from congress would lift budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt.

The Postal Service is supposed to sustain itself with postage sales and other services but has suffered 14 straight years of losses

Without congressional action, agency officials say it will run out of cash in two years.

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap government funding bill to stave off a shutdown and approved a bill to fix the debt-ridden U.S. Post Office so it can deliver mail six days a week.

The new bill from congress would lift budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House approved Tuesday.

The new bill from congress would lift budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt.