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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The United States Postal Service plans to reduce 
3delivery service from six days a week to five days a week, 
4beginning in August of 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, American businesses, organizations, and citizens 
6have depended on six-day mail service for the timely delivery 
7of important documents since 1912; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Eliminating Saturday delivery will affect most 
9Americans, but particularly rural residents, senior citizens, 
10small businesses, and working families who rely on the postal 
11service for receipt of their paychecks; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, The reduction in service will inevitably create a 
13backlog of undelivered mail, as postal workers will have fewer 
14days in which to handle the same amount of mail; and

  
 
15    WHEREAS, This backlog will delay mail delivery or increase 
16the cost of postal service, as postal employees work overtime 
17hours to ensure timely delivery of the mail; therefore, be it
  
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the United 
20States Postal Service to reconsider its decision and urge the 
 
 
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1United States Congress, in recognition of the Postal Service's 
2duty to operate in the public interest, to require it to 
3maintain its current delivery schedule; and be it further
  
 
4    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
5delivered to the United States Postmaster General and each 
6member of the Illinois congressional delegation.