Trump reportedly said he would reject a bailout package if it included aid to keep the US Postal Service functioning

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• President Trump reportedly said he wouldn't sign the CARES Act — the $2.2 trillion stimulus package — if it contained bailout funding for USPS, according to The Washington Post. 
• Lawmakers have warned the postal service could run out of money by June.
• USPS is asking Congress for a $50 billion bailout and $25 billion in loans from the Treasury Department to make up for losses.
• At least 19 USPS workers have died from COVID-19, and around 500 have been infected, USPS leaders told lawmakers.
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President Donald Trump said he would refuse to sign the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package if it contained funding for the United States Postal Service, according to a report Saturday from The Washington Post. 

"We told them very clearly that the president was not going to sign the bill if [money for the Postal Service] was in it," a Trump administration official told the Post. "I don't know if we used the v-bomb, but the president was not going to sign it, and we told them that."See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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