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The Social Security Fairness Act, one of the most bipartisan bills in Congress this session, aims to repeal WEP and GPO. The House voted to pass the legislation Nov. 12, and the Senate approved it ...
The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal two policies that reduce Social Security benefits for public employees. One, the Windfall Elimination Provision, prevents public employees with a ...
Decades in the making, the legislation would eliminate a provision that reduces Social Security payments to some retirees who also collect a pension from jobs that aren't covered by the retirement ...
The Social Security Fairness Act is a United States law that repealed the Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. [1] The bill passed the House in November 2024 and then passed the Senate in December. [2] It was signed into law by President Biden on January 5, 2025. [3]
Since its passage, bills have been introduced in Congress almost every session to repeal this provision. In 2024, HR 82, the Social Security Fairness Act—repealing the WEP—passed both houses of Congress, and was signed by President Joe Biden on January 5, 2025. [11]
The windfall elimination provision reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who receive pension or disability benefits from employment that did not require them to contribute payroll taxes ...
The legislation would repeal decades-old tax rules known as the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) that have reduced Social Security benefits for workers ...
Obama campaigned to repeal the unfair Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) - laws which have stripped millions of our elderly of the bulk of their earned Social Security benefits. Obama promised he would support passage of the Social Security Fairness Act.