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5/8/09
Potential Opportunity for Social Security Offsets Repeal

Key Members of Congress from both parties have held tentative talks about “overhauling” the Social Security system, and Congress could turn its attention to reform later this year. Congressional consideration of Social Security reform could offer an important opportunity to push repeal of the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision.  Such repeal will be a top priority for NEA in any reform debate.

Our efforts to move GPO/WEP repeal as part of overall reform of the Social Security system will be greatly enhanced if we can demonstrate maximum support among Members of Congress for the repeal proposal.  As of today, The House version of the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 235) has 274 bipartisan cosponsors – an impressive number that is close to the record level reached in the last Congress.  The Senate version (S. 484), however, has only 24 cosponsors.  Additional pressure is needed to build up the Senate cosponsor list, as well as continuing to increase support in the House.
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