Key Takeaways The Social Security Fairness Act, passed Saturday by the Senate, would end rules that reduce benefits for retired federal workers who get other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government or disability,

The repeal, a decades-long priority for public employee advocates, heads to the president for his signature after a late night Senate vote.

The Senate is plowing forward with consideration of the Social Security Fairness Act, clearing its first procedural hurdle on what supporters hope is a path to passage later this week. The Senate voted 73-27 to advance the measure,

The Social Security Fairness act will repeal the penalties on police, teachers and other government retirees and spouses.

The Senate approved legislation to provide full Social Security benefits for public service workers who hold jobs outside of their government work.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to advance a bill to boost Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by repealing two laws that have limited payouts to state and

CRS estimates that about 102,000 California spouses could also be helped by the legislation. A total of 6.3 Californians receive some sort of benefit from Social Security programs. There’s no estimate of the average benefit or when it could be available.

Nearly 100,000 Louisiana government retirees would benefit from the elimination of the Social Security penalty on government retirees like teachers.

Republican senators battled behind closed doors Tuesday over a proposal to beef up Social Security benefits for people who are eligible for non-Social Security government pensions. The

The Senate recently passed the Social Security Fairness Act, which now heads to President Biden, who is expected to sign it into law. The bill would eliminate two key Social Security provisions that reduce benefits for government employees who have certain types of pensions.