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The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal two federal policies: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). The WEP can affect those who have worked long ...
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 Windfall Elimination Provision (abbreviated WEP [1]) was a statutory provision in United States law [2] which affects benefits paid by the Social Security Administration under Title II of the Social Security Act.
The WEP and GPO provisions outline how Social Security deals with retirees who receive pensions. Under the WEP, Social Security benefits are reduced if you receive a pension from work, did not pay ...
But after “WEP and GPO, my monthly benefit went from $1,100 to about $350 because I collect a municipal pension.” A person walks into a Social Security Office in Pasadena, California U.S ...
Together, WEP and GPO affect nearly 3 million Americans including police officers, firefighters, postal workers and public-school teachers. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 70-26 at 12:15 ...
The Office of the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration (SSA) said that the agency disclosed it “made more than $457 million in improper payments related to WEP and GPO” in ...
A recent hearing by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security concluded that the WEP and GPO deny public servants “their hard-earned retirement benefits ...