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• FMA Celebrates Passage of GPO/WEP Repeal in House - November 12, 2024

• On Tuesday, November 12, the House of Representatives passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), FMA-endorsed legislation that would repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), passed by a vote of 327-75.

  FMA National President Craig Carter sent this letter urging all Members of Congress to vote for the bill.
  
  Following passage, Carter applauded the House for their decisive vote on bringing fairness to millions of Social Security beneficiaries. "The resounding and momentous bipartisan vote on the House floor comes after decades of effort to repeal these odious provisions that callously reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for millions of public servants and their beneficiaries," Carter wrote. He thanked Reps. Graves and Spanberger for their unending effort to get this far.

  While we celebrate today, we recognize work remains to get the GPO/WEP repeal signed into law. "We urge the Senate to consider this bill in the remaining days of the 118^th Congress to provide this long-overdue relief for the public servants impacted by the GPO and WEP," Carter said. "It is time to retire these provisions to the dustbin of history for the good of all civil servants who have been deprived of what they’ve earned for far too long.”

  If you spent a portion of your career working in the private sector, in addition to your federal service, you may be affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which reduces Social Security benefits you earned. And the Government Pension Offset (GPO) targets and reduces spousal and survival Social Security benefits – disproportionately affecting widows.

  
  

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