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A Glimmer of Hope for Tulsa Distribution Center and its Jobs

Postal Center on East 21st Street in Tulsa
KWGS News Photo
Postal Center on East 21st Street in Tulsa

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed overhaul legislation that would allow the financially strapped U.S. Postal Service to avert immediate bankruptcy, giving it a cash infusion while delaying decisions on closing post offices and ending Saturday delivery.

The bill passed on a 62-37 vote.

Under the measure, the postal service would get an $11 billion refund of over payments made to a federal fund to pay down debt and finance buyouts to 100,000 postal employees.

At the same, it would halt the closing of more than 100 mail processing centers, bar any shutdowns before the November elections and protect rural post offices for one year.

The issue now goes to the House, which has yet to consider a separate bill.