Another thing Congress does without ‘President Musk’s’ influence , eh?
The Senate voted overwhelmingly in the early hours of Saturday to pass legislation to boost Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans.
The legislation will repeal two statutes that have reduced payouts to state and local police, firefighters, teachers and other public sector workers and their spouses for years.
The legislation passed by a vote of 76-20. President Biden is expected to sign it into law.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the bill’s sponsor, said it would address “horrendous inequity.”
She highlighted the plight of teachers in Maine who worked their whole careers in the public sector under a state retirement system that did not include Social Security and as a result received a fraction of the Social Security benefits earned by spouses who worked in the private sector after they died.
Collins has been working on the issue for more than 20 years, and first introduced the bill in 2005. The bill will help more than 20,000 people in her home state…..
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The legislation will increase benefits for more than 70,000 people in Louisiana.
The bill, the Social Security Fairness Act, will repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), enacted in 1983, which reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who receive government pensions not covered by Social Security….
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