** WE NEED YOUR HELP **

We are closer than ever to getting the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) changed for seniors. Too many seniors are affected by these unfair laws. Seniors have paid their fair share into the social security system during their careers and are getting a raw deal with reduced benefits. It is not right.

We need you to call your state representatives and senators now.

Find your Senator and House Representative’s contact information here:

U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate

We especially need to reach out to (2 )Massachusetts representatives who have not yet co-sponsored this bill: Neal Richard (202) 225-5601 and Katherine Clark (202) 225-2836. Call and tell them to support H.R. 82 - Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 in the 118th Congress (2023-24). This bill currently has 286 co-sponsors. We need 290 co-sponsors to get this to the house floor. The Senate has a similar bill S.597 - Social Security Fairness Act which currently has 44 co-sponsors. Tell him or her to co-sponsor these bills and support legislature that will eliminate the WEP and GPO. Also tell him or her to encourage his or her peers to also co-sponsor these bills. We must get these unfair laws changed so seniors can receive their earned social security benefits.

WEP, which affects approximately 1.9 million individuals nationwide, reduces the Social Security benefits of retirees that both receive a pension from working in a non-covered Social Security job and for working less than 30 years in a covered Social Security job. Using a modified Social Security formula, SSA drastically cuts the percentage a retiree receives from the first $996 (adjusted annually) of Average Indexed Monthly Earnings (AIME) from 90 percent to 40 percent.

GPO, which affects over 700,000 Social Security beneficiaries, applies to those receiving Social Security spousal or widow(er)’s benefits. Individuals that fall under this provision are subject to a 2/3 reduction in their Social Security spousal or widow(er)’s benefits.

Visit Congress.gov to follow these bill or click these links:

H.R. 82 - Social Security Fairness Act of 2023

S.597 - Social Security Fairness Act