After growing pressure over the last several weeks, efforts to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset have gained more traction in the Senate.
During a labor rally Wednesday morning, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer committed to a floor vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, bringing the long-time legislation yet another step closer to its final passage.
“I am here to tell you, we are going to call the vote,” Schumer told attendees of the rally, held in pouring rain Wednesday morning near the Capitol Building. “The Senate is going to take action on Social Security … I’ve got my Democrats lined up to support it. We need 15 Republicans — let’s get them — and we’re going to have the vote. What’s happening to you is unfair, un-American and I will fight it all the way.”
