Bill To Rename Killingsworth Post Office After Martin Luther King

By Allison Ferre
Earl Blumenauer
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Post Office.
The measure failed to pass in the last congressional session. But Blumenauer spokeswoman Erin Allweiss says the Oregon Democrat is “feeling optimistic” the bill he introduced last Friday will pass this time with the companion bill that U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced in the Senate.

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