The bill would repeal benefit reductions affecting people who spent part of their career working for an employer not participating in Social Security, like the state of Alaska.

Congress has passed a bipartisan bill that will increase social security benefits for nearly three-million public sector workers.

The bill, which heads to President Biden’s desk, repeals provisions that reduce benefits for thousands of public services workers in CT.

It essentially repeals the WEP and GPO– two acronyms familiar to the nearly 3 American retirees who found their earned Social Security benefits reduced by the“ Windfall Elimination Provision” and the“ Government Pension Offset.

State and congressional lawmakers in Louisiana helped lead the effort to get the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 across both chambers of Congress.

A new bill on its way to President Biden's desk will boost the Social Security benefits for thousands of retired cops, firefighters, teachers and public servants in Texas.

The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year.