Alert — 9/27 They Don’t Understand the Issue!
The Ever Present Misconceptions about WEP/GPO 1. You have a pension, so you don’t need Social Security: –The pension comes from money you were required to contribute out of your salary. Like…
Alert 8/20 – Petition to Repeal WEP & GPO
The petition to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset (the one we asked for signatures on a year ago) is still open at nearly 80,000 signatures. We want…
Alert 7/22/21 The Countdown Begins!
We now have 193 co-signers on the Social Security Fairness bill, H.R. 82 (the repeal bill). We need 97 more Members of the House of Representatives to co-sign the bill to force…
Send Your Story to Congress by noon next Tuesday, June 29!
The Ways and Means Committee is asking for input on Social Security NOW Send to: WMdem.submission@mail.house.gov The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security is putting together a bill…
Information you can use when explaining about the WEP and GPO:
Both penalties affect low income retirees more harshly than those with larger pensions and/or higher Social Security benefits.
We have a NEW Senate Bill: S.1302
Brown and Collins Reintroduce Bipartisan Social Security Fairness bill in the Senate! On Thursday, April 22, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led a bipartisan group of their Senate…
Social Security Fairness Alert – CALL YOUR SENATORS THIS WEEK!
ASK THEM TO BE AN ORIGINAL CO-SIGNER ON THE SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS BILL THAT SHERROD BROWN IS GOING TO INTRODUCE SOON. SHERROD BROWN, D-OHIO, HAS BEEN OUR CHAMPION INTRODUCING THE SENATE BILL…
A Major Women’s Issue: Repeal the WEP and GPO! Support House Bill by Davis, H.R.82
The Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision are poorly written laws that have been levied against public workers for nearly forty years. They are particularly harsh against women. The formula for the Windfall…
Action Alert #110 – It’s Time to push WEP & GPO Repeal!
Congress is looking at ways to make life better for everyone who has been affected by the pandemic. They are under pressure to fix the Federal support system, AND THERE IS MORE…
Action Alert #119 – We Have a New GPO/WEP Repeal Bill–H.R. 82
We have a new repeal bill. Representative Rodney Davis from Illinois came through for us again! He introduced the Social Security Fairness Act on the very first day of the new session…