“The advocacy efforts by ACA and all the groups representing individuals affected, and by our members and supporters, paid off. The support for HR.82 was bi-partisan, and that is a great success and a ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Social Security Fairness Act. It eliminates two provisions from the 1980s that ...

The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2023 (H.R. 5342) is much closer to a fair and accurate fix for the Windfall Elimination Provision and would cost significantly less—about $24 ...

Prior to the petition drive, the bill already had more than 300 cosponsors. The windfall elimination provision reduces the Social Security benefits of retired federal employees who spent a portion ...

However, another issue lies within the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These two rules lower Social Security payments for millions of Americans who worked ...

It is important to understand a little of the background of CSRS and FERS to realize how the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often ...

The bill would abolish the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. This could help retired workers for local and state governments as well as those with non-covered pensions.

In response, it created the Windfall Elimination Provision for workers who split their careers in and out of Social Security.

It says the bill also eliminates the so-called “windfall elimination provision” that “in some instances reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who also receive a pension or ...

Beginning in the 1970s and ’80s, Congress decided this wasn’t fair. In response, it created the Windfall Elimination Provision for workers who split their careers in and out of Social Security. A ...