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The Windfall Elimination Provision affects people who qualify for Social Security benefits through their job but also receive a pension from another job where they didn't pay into Social Security.
The chamber approved House Resolution 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, by a 327-76 margin, with 191 Democrats and 136 Republicans voting in favor. ... the bill would eliminate the Windfall ...
The chamber approved House Resolution 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, by a 76-20 margin. All 20 no votes were among Senate Republicans. The bill was previously approved by the House by a 327 ...
Indeed, over fears that the system would run out of money in 1983, however, [4] Congress passed the Social Security Amendments of 1983, which created the Windfall Elimination Provision, which reduces the benefit formula for those covered by federal government employees, railroad workers, non-profit workers, [3] and teachers, among others. [2]
The Windfall Elimination Provision (abbreviated WEP [1]) is a statutory provision in United States law [2] which affects benefits paid by the Social Security Administration under Title II of the Social Security Act.
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) "penalize families across the country who worked a public service job for part of their career with a separate ...
Social security benefits are reduced by two-thirds of the non-covered government pension amount. [1] Note this is not two-thirds of the Social Security benefit; for example, a $600 non-covered pension benefit would reduce Social Security spousal benefits by $400, regardless of whether the spouse was entitled to $500 or $1000 on the Social Security record of the number holder.
The 1980s-era Windfall Elimination Penalty and Government Pension Offset prevent about 2.8 million government retirees like police, teachers, firefighters, state workers and their spouses who ...