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• FMA Urges "Aye" Vote on GPO/WEP Repeal - December 17, 2024

• 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.

  After decades of effort, the Senate is poised to vote on the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), which would repeal both the GPO and WEP. This has been an FMA issue brief for many years. FMA National President Craig Carter sent this letter urging all Senators to vote for the bill. FMA also joined the Federal-Postal Coalition on a joint letter earlier this week. You can view that letter here.

  The bill cleared its first hurdle in the Senate, and that chamber is expected to vote on the bill as early as December 19. According to our friends at the National Fraternal Order of Police, who we have worked in a coalition with on this issue, President-elect Donald Trump signaled his support for full repeal earlier this week.

  Thanks to your efforts, and many other like-minded supporters, we achieved a momentous victory when the House voted to fully repeal the GPO and WEP by a vote of 327-75. We are on the precipice of enacting real change that would prevent nearly $200 billion from being withheld from the dedicated civil servants who honestly earned these funds.

  We need the Senate to vote to repeal the GPO and WEP once and for all. And you can help us accomplish this! We are calling on you to contact your Senators and urge them to consider and vote for H.R. 82. We have a chance to provide long-overdue relief on this issue for which FMA has fought for decades!

  Click here to send an action letter today!

  Remain mindful of the Hatch Act: any action should take place outside of a federal installation and on your own time! Please do not forward this message to any government email addresses!

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