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…
National WEP/GPO Repeal Task Force CALL TO ACTION WEEKDates: February 5-9, 2024Focus: Ask Ways & Means Committee Members to Request a “Mark-Up” Sessionfor H.R. 82Wednesday, February 7, 2024 We hope this message finds you well. We are excited to announce this National WEP/GPO Repeal Task Force CALL TO ACTION WEEK, scheduled from February 5th-9th, 2024. We…
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…
Asking for a MARK-UP of H.R. 82 NOW! Get it ready for a vote! The National WEP/GPO Repeal Task Force is coordinating pressure on the House Ways and Means Committee to have a “mark-up” hearing on H.R. 82. This is the next step towards the floor vote that we deserve after reaching support from ⅔…
The House: The Senate: Our next move for WEP/GPO Repeal: A major lobby week February 5th-9th! Coordinated actions every day! The National WEP/GPO Repeal Task Force and its support teams from Social Security Fairness, CalRTA, and the National WEP-GPO Repeal Movement Facebook Page will be sponsoring a nationwide push to remind legislators of the inequities of…
The Ways and Means Social Security Sub-Committee will be listening to invited speakers about WEP and GPO. Monday Nov. 20 How To Watch the Hearing: Members of the public may view the hearing via live webcast available at https://waysandmeans.house.gov. The webcast will not be available until the hearing starts. The witnesses are by invitation only….
Please call your Representative and Demand a Ways and Means Committee Hearing. Despite the fact that there are now 298 co-signers on H.R.82, the bill to fully repeal the WEP and GPO, and there were even more co-signers in the last Congress, there has never been a full hearing on the offsets and how they…
We aren’t getting what we earned! We paid into Social Security, and we aren’t getting the same amount back as other retirees! H.R. 82 in the House has 296 co-sponsors, and we are still pushing for more. The bill’s sponsor, Congress Member Garret Graves (R-LA), has said he expects to bring the bill to the…
Happening Today 2:00 Eastern! Use this link BELOW to watch live or later on You Tube. Scheduled for Sep 13, 2023 U.S. CAPITOL BUILDINGU.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and Garret Graves (R-LA) host a press conference with public servants who have had their retirement benefits slashed by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension…
