The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer began the process on Thursday for a final vote on the bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act. It would eliminate policies that currently limit Social Security payouts for roughly 2.
Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Washington. FILE- Sen. Bill Cassidy , R-La., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Washington. Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan vote, and a Senate version of the bill introduced last year gained 62 cosponsors. But the bill still needs support from at least 60 senators to pass Congress. It would then head to President Biden. Decades in the making, the bill would repeal two federal policies — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset — that broadly reduce payments to two groups of Social Security recipients: people who also receive a pension from a job that is not covered by Social Security and surviving spouses of Social Security recipients who receive a government pension of their own.Democrats stick with Schumer as leader.
Conservatives have opposed the bill, decrying its cost. But at the same time, some Republicans have pushed Schumer to bring it up for a vote. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said last month that the current federal limitations “penalize families across the country who worked a public service job for part of their career with a separate pension. We’re talking about police officers, firefighters, teachers, and other public employees who are punished for serving their communities.”
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