{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/mccaskill-fights-to-fix-bizarre-quirk-leaving-some-missouri-residents-with-iowa-mailing-addresses-", "McCaskill Fights to Fix Bizarre Quirk Leaving Some Missouri Residents with Iowa Mailing Addresses", "2017-11-24", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "McCaskill Fights to Fix Bizarre Quirk Leaving Some Missouri Residents with Iowa Mailing Addresses  \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator pushes USPS to fix the issue that creates unnecessary problems for the affected Missourians   \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tFriday, November 24, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 After recently discovering that some Missouri residents along the Missouri-Iowa border have been assigned Iowa mailing addresses for decades, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is demanding answers from the Postal Service in an effort to fix the problem.\r\n\r\nAccording to research conducted by McCaskill\u2019s office, some residents of Atchison, Clark, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, and Scotland counties have been impacted, though the exact number of affected residents is unknown. Clark County Commissioners and residents have already alerted the United States Postal Service of the issue and requested a change in the delivery routes, which is believed to be the reason for the bizarre situation.\u00a0\u00a0\r\n\r\n\u201cThe notion that Missouri residents have faced numerous hassles for decades because they have an Iowa mailing address is one of the dumbest things I\u2019ve come across,\u201d McCaskill said. \u201cThis needs to get fixed and I plan on doing everything I can to help.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe issue has created inconvenience and confusion for affected Missouri residents. \u201cThis address issue causes residents, businesses, and local governments of these six counties a wide variety of unnecessary burdens,\u201d McCaskill wrote to Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan. \u201cResidents state that it can take several months to obtain death certificates, and local police officers believe that their Missouri drivers licenses are fraudulent because they have Iowa addresses.\u00a0A Clark County clerk expressed concern that the incorrect addresses have negatively impacted the integrity of Missouri\u2019s voting system because Iowa addresses are not compatible with the State-wide voter information system.\u201d\r\nMcCaskill raised the issue when she met with Ms. Brennan on November 14, and the Postmaster General agreed to work with her to resolve the issue.\u00a0McCaskill is now requesting information on the exact origin of the problem and a final date by which the USPS plans to solve the issue.\r\nRead a copy of McCaskill\u2019s letter to the Postmaster General HERE.\r\nVisit\u00a0mccaskill.senate.gov/rural\u00a0to learn more about McCaskill's fight to protect rural Missouri.\u00a0\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\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/news-releases/mccaskill-fights-to-fix-bizarre-quirk-leaving-some-missouri-residents-with-iowa-mailing-addresses-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1980293095111847, "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"}