H.R. 82, the “Social Security Fairness Act” was one of the last gasp endeavors of 118th Congress to get bills passed and off to President Joe Biden for signature before leaving for Christmas vacation. Because, priorities. With the passage of this bill, Congress succeeded in repealing established laws from 1977 (the Government Pension Offset or GPO) and 1983 (the Windfall Elimination Provision or WEP), which prevented certain public pension earners from double-dipping into the Social Security coffers.
H.R. 82, passed the Senate 76 to 20, with four senators not voting. Those four included Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) because, confirmation hearings. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), because hey, inauguration preparations. The other two were Joe Manchin (D-WV) because he has ended his Senate career and does not really care at this point, and surprisingly, Sen. Adam Schiff…
