Now we wait for more procedures … Despite having more than 320 co-signers, House leadership has not brought H.R.82 up for a vote. The bill’s sponsors, Garret Graves and Abigail Spanberger, filed a resolution, H.Res.1410, to force a vote on the WEP/GPO repeal bill. This past week the resolution got the required 218 signers and…
We Have 171 Signatures–We are heading for 218 this week! Has your Member of Congress signed the H.R. 82 Discharge Petition? Please check the list below and make sure that your Congressional Representative has signed onto the H.R. 82 discharge petition. If their signature is already on there, thank them! If they have not signed…
Why Do Our Benefits Have to Be Paid for Twice? With 326 co-signers on H.R. 82, and 62 in the Senate on S. 597, it would seem that repeal would be well on the way to a vote. The problem, as always, is money–$$$. A rule in Congress says that any new bill must have…
We need all of you to take action for Social Security Fairness now! Congress is out until Sept 9, but their offices are open. Save this email with the info and resources you will continue to need to make an impact. Keep writing and calling their staff members. Our campaign is working. Keep it up! …
7/23/24 Please email or call your Congressperson this week – it’s time for a discharge petition to call for a vote on WEP/GPO Repeal! Please send this request to your member of the House Representatives. Here is a link to their websites where you can find their D.C. phone numbers and email your comments. https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative…
There are 323 co-sponsors for H.R. 82, the House repeal bill. (218 votes is a majority.) It’s time for a floor vote! Mike Johnson, Steve Scalise, and Jason Smith can make the vote happen. Johnson and Scalise have signed onto H.R.82. Smith has acknowledged the unfairness of the offsets. Use the direct links below to…
Cosigners of the Repeal WEP/GPO Bills: Large cosigner lists have been overlooked before, so we must keep up the pressure. Lawmakers know the WEP formula is flawed. Remind them that the GPO disregards the years of genuine dependency on a spouse. A single national penalty can’t fairly address the diverse local and state-based retirement systems,…
The National WEP/GPO Repeal Task Force is calling for an all out campaign to get more votes in both the House and Senate. Be ready to join our coordinated effort with emails, calls and a major push on Social Media this month. ON OUR WEBSITE: SSFairness.org, go to our “Contact” page where you can find…
WEP AND GPO CAN’T BE “FIXED”–We insist on Repeal! Our statement below is in response to the official summary published by the Ways and Means Committee: https://gop-waysandmeans.house.gov/three-key-moments-hearing-on-the-windfall-elimination-provision-wep-and-government-pension-offset-gpo/ Please copy and send this statement to the Ways and Means Committee in a Microsoft Word document. If you have already sent in your own statement, you can…
Please Respond to the Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset! This is the furthest we have gotten toward action. They need to know we were listening! Here is a link to the YouTube version of the hearing if you haven’t seen it. This is…
Please listen to the hearing and then join us in sending a unified response at the end of this week. The Social Security Subcommittee will be discussing the WEP and GPO on Tuesday. We expect to hear them discuss the long term effects on the Social Security trust fund and present various options for the…
The House and Senate are both out of session until April 9. Reach them while they’re in your state or district! Also have a chat with their office staff during this week and next. We need to make sure they all understand why we MUST have Repeal of the WEP and GPO! Here’s a three-minute…
ALL HANDS ON DECK! We are asking you to email different members of the Ways and Means Committee Members every day this week, asking them to “mark up” H.R.82 so it can be brought to the House floor for a vote. Each day we will send you a copy of the email text below along…
ALL HANDS ON DECK! We are asking you to email different members of the Ways and Means Committee Members every day this week, asking them to “mark up” H.R.82 so it can be brought to the House floor for a vote. Each day we will send you a copy of the email text below along…
ALL HANDS ON DECK! We are asking you to email different members of the Ways and Means Committee Members every day this week, asking them to “mark up” H.R.82 so it can be brought to the House floor for a vote. Each day we will send you a copy of the email text below along…
