Congress to USPS: No Saturdays Off

WASHINGTON, DC—While Congress doesn't appear to be in any hurry to pass postal reform to keep the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in business, it apparently doesn't want Mr. ZIP to take the entire weekend off, either.

On Thursday, Congress put the kibosh on USPS' plan to eliminate Saturday delivery, passing up the chance to allow the Postal Service to save what it claims would be $2 billion a year, and despite overwhelming public support behind the now-killed measure.