The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Social Security Fairness Act. It eliminates two provisions from the 1980s that ...

The windfall elimination provision (WEP) is a formula that effectively ... Substantial earnings are defined as $26,550 or more for the year 2021. This exemption generally applies to retirees ...

Abigail Spanberger, a Virginia Democrat, and Rep. Garrett Graves, a Louisiana Republican, would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP, and the Government Pension Offset, or GPO.

Congress has taken a step toward passing a federal law that could increase Social Security benefits for thousands of Alaskans by hundreds of dollars per month. The U.S. House approved on Tuesday a ...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed, 327-75, legislation that would repeal Social Security’s windfall elimination provision (WEP) and government pension offset (GPO) — tax ...

The bill would abolish the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. This could help retired workers for local and state governments as well as those with non-covered pensions.

It is important to understand a little of the background of CSRS and FERS to realize how the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often ...