{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/st-joseph-post-office-closures-addressed-in-new-bill-to-prevent-emergency-suspension", "St. Joseph post office closures addressed in new bill to prevent emergency suspension", "2016-10-11", "2016", "2016-10", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "St. Joseph post office closures addressed in new bill to prevent emergency suspension \r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                Tuesday, October 11, 2016\r\n            \r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            \r\n                  \r\n                    By:\u00a0\r\n                    Post Staff\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            Two St. Joseph post offices are among dozens in Missouri that would be protected from emergency closure under new legislation according to Senator Claire McCaskill.\r\nThe bill would prevent the U.S. Postal Service from using its emergency suspension process\u2014meant to be temporary\u2014to indefinitely close post offices without notice to the community, opportunity to appeal, or a timeframe for either reopening or permanently closing the facility.\r\nMcCaskill\u2019s office said in a news release that that could include the post offices in St. Joseph on Olive Street and 10th Street as well as the Amity and Stewartsville offices.\r\nAccording to the release, since 2011, 650 postal facilities across the country were \u201ctemporarily\u201d closed under emergency suspension. Of those closures, 511 remain closed today, and the Postal Service has not told those communities if\u2014or when\u2014those post offices might reopen. McCaskill introduced the legislation with Republican Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas.\r\n\u201cMissourians in rural communities rely on the Postal Service, and shouldn\u2019t be left in limbo without knowing if the temporary closure of their post office will be a permanent one,\u201d McCaskill said. \u201cThese post offices are part of the lifeblood of our communities\u2014a source of employment and a lifeline for commerce\u2014and we can\u2019t allow the Postal Service to balance its books on the backs of small communities by shuttering post offices where they\u2019re often most needed, with little transparency or explanation.\u201d\r\n            \r\n             \r\n            \r\n            \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/latest-headlines/st-joseph-post-office-closures-addressed-in-new-bill-to-prevent-emergency-suspension"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.000553999096155, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}