Thanks to our CDLs!

Congratulations and thanks to our CDLs and all NARFE members who took the time to contact their Congressional Representatives to encourage them to co-sponsor this legislation and then to actually vote for it in the waning minutes of the 118th Congress. Also, a moment of reflection on the thousands of CSRS retirees who died since WEP/GPO became law in 1984 and who never received the full Social Security benefits they were due. Fairness finally – but not in time to benefit them. Steve Walter, Chair – National Legislation Committee

(from the New York Times, 12/21/2024)

“The Senate passed bipartisan legislation early Saturday that would give full Social Security benefits to a group of public sector retirees who currently receive them at a reduced level, sending the bill to President Biden.

The vote to clear the measure was a lopsided 76 to 20, reflecting the broad popularity of an effort to allow approximately more than 2.8 million public pension recipients — some of them teachers, firefighters and police officers — to collect Social Security benefits at the same level as other beneficiaries.

The House passed the bill by a wide margin of 327 to 75 last month after a bipartisan group of lawmakers forced it to the floor, and President-elect Donald J. Trump recently threw his support behind it.”

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