obtained the 218 signatures required for a discharge petition to force a floor vote on the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R.

It’s a quick turnaround to salvage what had been a bipartisan effort to pass the bill during what’s now the lame-duck ...

While Americans have been paying into the system for years, the Social Security Administration is scheduled to run out of ...

The Issue Eliminating Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) would create an unequal benefit structure and hasten Social Security’s insolvency.

A Social Security bill that would have repealed two rules that lower benefits for certain retirees was brought forward by ...

House Freedom Caucus members orchestrated an unusual play on the House floor that resulted in killing, at least for now, a ...

The first rule is the windfall elimination provision or WEP (which applies to one’s own benefits) and the second main rule is the government pension offset or GPO (which applies to spousal ...

I retired at my full retirement age, am now 79 and will be 80 in December. I have been working consistently since. I get a ...

I retired at my full retirement age, am now 79 and will be 80 in December. I have been working consistently since. I get a ...

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 legislation is the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. It would repeal two provisions in Social Security; the Windfall ...

After more than 38 years of employment, some as a part-time public employee, a reader is wondering if the Windfall Elimination Provision is reducing his Social Security benefits. I have worked ...