May 28 (Bloomberg) — Raising the U.S. gasoline tax is out as a way to shore up the Highway Trust Fund. So is taxing drivers based on the number of miles they clock. A plan to use taxes on companies' overseas profits hasn't gone anywhere.

So House Republicans are now turning to the money-losing U.S. Postal Service.

Unusual as it may sound, possible savings from revamping the agency's operations are on the table as one way to patch highway funding, said two Republican legislative aides with knowledge of the talks.

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