Some nonprofit mailers have accused United Parcel Service of “robbing money” from charitable causes through its lobbying to defeat the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act in a House committee last week.
On June 20, The House Government Affairs Committee decisively defeated the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, effectively scuttling the prospect of legislative reform of the U.S. Postal Service for at least the next two years (DIRECT Newsline, June 20.)
“It is irresponsible for UPS to put its narrow corporate interests ahead of people who benefit from medical research and those who need medical treatment,” said Kelly Browning, executive vice president, American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), in a statement. “Every penny going to unnecessarily high postage rates is one more penny we can not spend on research — that’s just not right.”
While supporting the general aims of the bill, Max Hart, direct mail fundraising chief at the Disabled American Veterans, told DIRECT Newsline he did not think the bill went far enough to control the costs of postal labor or facilities.
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