MSPs passed some of the amendments necessary for the delivery of this bill on on 24 November 2010, with a view to voting on the remaining amendments on 25 November.

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Anicom would bill customers in advance of the delivery of goods.

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For years, Congress had attached a rider to its annual appropriations bill requiring the Postal Service to provide six-day delivery.

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Any successful effort to amend the bill would require the House to vote again and delay delivery of the measure to the president.

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Congress has specifically required six-day mail delivery since 1983 and extended that mandate through September in the latest funding bill.

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For many years, the annual appropriations bill has contained a rider that prevents the Postal Service from ending Saturday delivery.

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For example, the bill makes it difficult for the Postal Service to implement its plan to cut delivery to five days a week to reduce costs.

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