The Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, Passes the House of Representatives

On the evening of November 12, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 327 - 75. This bill seeks to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which are parts of Social Security law that unfairly reduce, or sometimes eliminate, hard-earned Social Security benefits for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) retirees.

To hear how the WEP and GPO have negatively impacted APWU members, please click on their names below:

● Thomas Brown

● Dave Bernstein

● Joyce Debnam

“In a polarized Congress and a time of political uncertainty for the country, House representatives set aside their differences and voted in favor of the people,” stated APWU President Mark Dimondstein. “We applaud the bipartisan leadership of Rep. Spanberger and Rep. Graves as we now shift our focus to the Senate."

“Thank you to all of the APWU members and retirees for their tireless advocacy,” said APWU Legislative and Political Director Judy Beard. “Your dedication to fixing this injustice has been relentless throughout the many obstacles we have faced to enact this legislation over the years.”

Our fight now is in the Senate, where the Social Security Fairness Act (S. 597) has yet to be scheduled for a vote. Please call the APWU Legislative Hotline at 1-844-402-1001 to be connected to your senators and urge them to support S. 597, and encourage leadership to schedule a floor vote before the end of this Congress!