{"id":2382494,"date":"2024-12-21T00:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T05:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-security-expansion-passes-senate-heads-to-bidens-desk-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T00:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T05:35:11","slug":"social-security-expansion-passes-senate-heads-to-bidens-desk-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-security-expansion-passes-senate-heads-to-bidens-desk-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security expansion passes Senate, heads to Biden&#8217;s desk &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsocial-security-expansion-passes-senate-heads-to-bidens-desk-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Social security Fairness Act \u200bhas recently been \u200dpassed by the Senate and is set to expand benefits for\u2064 millions of Social Security recipients. The\u200d legislation, wich received bipartisan support with a 76-20 vote in the Senate, aims \u200cto repeal two tax policies\u2014the\u200b Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government\u2064 Pension Offset\u2014that currently reduce\u2064 benefits for individuals with public\u2063 pensions\u2064 from jobs not covered by Social \u200bSecurity \u200btaxes, such as teachers and first \u200cresponders. The House of Representatives had previously approved the measure with a vote of 327-75. It is\u200d indeed\u2064 now awaiting\u200c President Joe Biden&#8217;s \u2064signature. The new changes will take \u2062effect \u200dfor benefits distributed after December \u20632023.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Social Security expansion clears Senate and heads to Biden for approval<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1914423\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Social Security\">Social Security<\/a> recipients will soon see an expansion of their benefits after the Senate on Saturday passed the bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3227428\/social-security-fairness-act-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Social Security Fairness Act\">Social Security Fairness Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The measure repeals two tax rules, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, that reduce benefits for those with public pensions from jobs that weren&rsquo;t subject to Social Security taxes, such as teachers, first responders, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-quietly-issued-another-executive-order-this-one-concerning-the-military\/\" title=\"President Trump Quietly Issued Another Executive Order \u2013 This One Concerning the Military\">government employees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3262087\/senate-races-approve-social-security-fairness-act\/\" title=\"SENATE RACES TO APPROVE SOCIAL SECURITY EXPANSION BEFORE END OF CONGRESS\">SENATE RACES TO APPROVE SOCIAL SECURITY EXPANSION BEFORE END OF CONGRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic-led Senate passed the measure 76-20. It cleared the GOP-controlled House 327-75 last month and will now head to President Joe Biden for his signature.<\/p>\n<p>The changes are effective for benefits payable after December 2023. It&rsquo;s unclear how quickly the Social Security Administration will be able to update future benefits and make retroactive payments. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SSA has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/prepare\/government-and-foreign-pensions\">online tool<\/a> that estimates how pensions may reduce benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Social Security is the foundation of retirement income for most Americans,&rdquo; said Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a co-author of the bill. &ldquo;Yet many teachers, firefighters, police officers, and other public servants often see their earned Social Security benefits unfairly reduced.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), a co-author who lost reelection last month, said the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">bipartisan vote tally<\/a> was proof that &ldquo;people understand the fairness of this, of fixing this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a wonderful way to end the year, where we&rsquo;re bringing some equity,&rdquo; Brown said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the bipartisanship, the legislation wasn&rsquo;t without significant opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Critics made a twofold case against it: Social Security will run out of money sooner, and expanding benefits to those with jobs that weren&rsquo;t covered by Social Security taxes is unfair to taxpayers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset reduce the benefits of around 2.8 million people, or roughly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/RS\/98-35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4% of all beneficiaries<\/a>. The WEP applies to those who have a pension from jobs not subject to Social Security payroll tax, while the GPO reduces benefits of spouses and widows or widowers with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-races-to-approve-social-security-benefit-expansion\/\" title=\"Senate races to approve Social Security benefit expansion\">government-based pension<\/a> from jobs also not covered by Social Security.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Non-covered earnings&rdquo; most often apply to jobs with federal, state, or local governments, non-profit groups, and employers based in other countries. There are several exemptions to <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.ssa.gov\/apps10\/poms.nsf\/lnx\/0300605362\">WEP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/pubs\/EN-05-10007.pdf\">GPO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3240242\/fresh-faces-house-ready-roll-up-sleeves-119th-congress\/\"><strong>CAPITOL&rsquo;S NEW CROP: THE FRESH FACES OF THE HOUSE IN THE 119TH CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Without changes, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the Social Security trust fund will run out of money in fiscal year 2033. Enacting the Social Security Fairness Act would move up that timeline by &ldquo;roughly half a year earlier than it would be under current law,&rdquo; the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/system\/files\/2024-11\/60876-HR82.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBO recently told<\/a>&nbsp;Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA).<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbo.gov\/publication\/60690\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBO projects<\/a>&nbsp;that boosting benefits will cost nearly $196 billion over a decade. When accounting for the interest on borrowed money, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation says the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntu.org\/foundation\/detail\/the-social-security-fairness-acts-true-cost-to-taxpayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">true cost<\/a>&nbsp;would be closer to $233 billion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1914423\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1914423\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Security expansion approved by Senate, awaits Biden&#8217;s signature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2382495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/senate-passes-social-security-fairness-act.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[12432,3740,33104],"class_list":["post-2382494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-expansion","tag-senate","tag-social-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/senate-passes-social-security-fairness-act.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382494"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382498,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382494\/revisions\/2382498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}