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Over 50 Democrats Support $8 Billion Fund for USPS to Electrify Its Fleet
A U.S. Postal Service truck drives down Pennsylvania Avenue, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2020.
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Over 50 House Democrats have signed on to a letter urging the White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to consider a proposal to allocate $8 billion in funds for the United States Postal Service (USPS) so that it can get a jump start on electrifying its fleet of mail trucks.
The agency had outlined a plan costing up to $6 billion in February to replace its aging fleet, but only 10 percent of the new vehicles were set to be electric. This ran counter to a pledge by President Joe Biden to electrify the agencyâs fleet entirely and baffled Democrats at the time, as well as frustrating environmentalists.
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