The Senate voted 73-27 to invoke cloture on the Social Security Fairness Act, clearing the way for a final vote to pass the bill later this week.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 73-27 to limit debate on legislation to repeal a controversial pair of tax provisions that impact the retirement benefits of some federal workers and other public servants, clearing the way for a final vote to pass the bill later this week.
The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) would repeal Social Security’s windfall elimination provision and government pension offset. The windfall elimination provision reduces the Social Security benefits of retired federal workers and other public servants who spent a portion of their careers in the private sector in addition to a federal, state or local government job where Social Security is not intended as an element of their retirement income, such as the Civil Service Retirement System. And the government pension offset reduces spousal and survivor Social Security benefits in families with retired government workers.
