Long championed repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset for public-sector retirees; her Social Security Fairness Act repealing both provisions was signed into law on January 5, 2025 (a kept commitment).
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Long championed repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset for public-sector retirees; her Social Security F…”
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- Office of U.S. Senator Susan Collinshttps://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/signed-into-law-social-security-fairness-act-authored-by-senator-collins ↗
“In 2003, I held the first-ever Senate hearing on the WEP and the GPO, and I am pleased that with today's signing of the Social Security Fairness Act, these unfair provisions in our Social Security system have finally been repealed.”