The Social Security Fairness Act was passed by the Senate on Saturday by a vote of 76 to 20.12Its next stop is President Joe Biden's desk, though it was unclear Monday whether he intended to sign it into law. Critics say the bill could shortenSocial Security's lifespanand increase thef...
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, which could mean highe
Efforts to get the Senate to vote on a bill to expand Social Security benefits are intensifying, as the House-passed Social Security Fairness Act enjoys rare bipartisan support but has only a short window of time — less than four weeks — to be passed....
The House last month passed the misnamed Social Security Fairness Act, 327-75. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed at a rally with union leaders last week to hold a vote on the bill this week. …What’s unfair is rewarding high-paid government workers with larger Social Security ...
A House-passed bill that would expand Social Security benefits to millions of Americans just got a lifeline in the Senate. Senate Majority Chuck Schumer last week started the process for a final vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which would eliminate two federal policies that keep a ...
Schumer said the bill would “ensure Americans are not erroneously denied their well-earned Social Security benefits simply because they chose at some point to work in their careers in public service.” The legislation passed the House on a bipartisan vote, and a Senate version of ...
Covers the Senate's approval of the $22.66 billion fiscal 1993 spending bill (HR 5488) for the Treasury Department and Postal Service on September 10, 1992 after denying two Social Security issues. Resistance to appeals to provide more benefits for retirees known as 'notch babies,' and to ...
The Social Security Fairness Act was passed by the Senate with a76-votebipartisan majority. Amendments that were introduced in those final legislative hours in December — including efforts to add ways to pay for the change or alter the provisions instead of replacing them — failed. The S...
The House version of the bill currently has 327 co-sponsors. If the bill is put up for a vote in the House, it may pass, experts say. Then it would go to the Senate, where the bill has 62 co-sponsors. Time constraints may limit the effort's progress, Emerson Sprick, associat...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told POLITICO he suspects “there will be five or six amendments to the to the social security bill," and that the Senate will “go past midnight, but not much” while trying to finish its work before heading out of town. A shutdown is set to kick in at...