Nearly 3 million Americans will receive full Social Security benefits under legislation now on the desk of President Biden, who is expected to sign it early next week. Passed in the waning hours ...

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On January 5, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security ...

Since 1983, the WEP and GPO have reduced the Social Security benefits for some public sector workers. Congress passed the Social Security Fairness Act to repeal the WEP and GPO entirely.

Both were similar in purpose, but the WEP targeted retired workers while the GPO focused on the spouses of those retired workers. These provisions reduced the benefits of workers who received "non ...

"When I introduced H.R. 82 just two years ago, we assembled a coalition to subvert the political status quo and repeal the WEP and GPO. We held the first ever hearings on the bill. We collected ...

The WEP, enacted in 1983, was a reform that was intended to even the Social Security playing field. In 2024, it was repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act. The Social Security benefit ...

The funding competitions are for three new MBDA technical assistance programs: the MBDA Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (WEP), the MBDA Rural Business Center Program, and the Parren J.

WEP reduces Social Security payments for anyone who receives an annuity from their time spent working in government, but who also worked in a Social Security-covered job. The provision impacts roughly ...