Just after midnight, Saturday morning, December 21, the Senate passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), legislation to repeal the punitive and discriminatory Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provison (WEP). H.R. 82 will repeal both of these provisions, ensuring thousands of public sector workers and their families, including NAPS members, receive the full Social Security benefits they have earned. The vote on final passage was 76-20. By clicking on the vote total you can reveiw the votes. The bill now goes to President Biden for his signature. NAPS has been fighting for GPO-WEP repeal for about 4 decades. We are grateful for the efforts of our past and present champions in the Senate and House for not giving up up on the issue, and finally shepherding GPO-WEP repeal across the finish line.
On Thursday afternoon, December 19, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), on behalf of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI), moved that the Senate approve the nominations of Val Demings, William Zollars, Gordon Hartogensis and Anton Hajjar to the Postal Board of Governors. Ranking Committee Republican and incoming chairman, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) objected to the motion, stating that he wanted to reserve the nominees for President Elect Trump. As a result of Sen. Paul's objection, President Trump will get to nominate the four members to board.
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