USPS Headquarters. 3.47 In addition to duties specified in USPS Bylaws, the secretary is in charge of USPS headquarters. The office is staffed by employees, none of whom is a member of USPS or a relative of a USPS member's family. The headquarters building, located in Raleigh, North Carolina, provides suitable space for the office staff, a library, a shipping department and warehousing.
Senate Democrats threaten government shutdown amid Trump budget wishlist. Senate Democrats who have long-fought Republican attempts to shut down the government over budget disputes are now threatening to do exactly that. Democrats said they will block any attempts to include President Trumpâs proposed border wall â or other far-right agenda items â in the $1 trillion spending package expected to be announced this week.
The previous U.S. federal government shutdown was in 1995â96. The 16-day-long shutdown of October 2013 was the third-longest government shutdown in U.S. history, after the 18-day shutdown in 1978 and the 21-day 1995â96 shutdown. A funding-gap was created when the two chambers of Congress failed to agree to an appropriations continuing resolution.