Both provisions would be repealed by the bill, thereby increasing Social Security payments for many. The budgetary effect of ...

The US House of Representatives passed Social Security Fairness Act with a bipartisan vote of 327-75. The bill aims to ...

The reason is the “Windfall Elimination Provision,” which sharply reduces the earnings for calculating his Social Security benefit because of his public employee pension. “The only thing we ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, introduced by Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Virginia Democrat, and Rep. Garrett Graves, a Louisiana Republican, would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

That’s when he told us about the letter the Social Security Administration sent him that he was overpaid $7,500 because of the Windfall Elimination Provision. The government reduced his monthly ...

millions could be able to get higher Social Security benefits. The House approved the bill 325 to 75 and ultimately reversed the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension ...

For years, public workers have received reduced Social Security benefits because of two provisions in the Social Security Act: 1983’s Windfall Elimination Provision and 1977’s Government ...

Historically, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset Provision (GPO) have prevented workers from getting full Social Security benefits if they also receive a ...