Senator Bill Cassidy (R) - Louisiana
Public sector workers will start seeing bigger Social Security benefit payments. Senator Bill Cassidy worked to get the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset repealed in the last session as part of the Social Security Fairness Act, and he delivered the good news to those workers – with something a little extra.
“The Social Security Administration has announced that there will be a retroactive payment, going back to the beginning of last year, to compensate you for that lost social security income. And, from henceforth, your monthly payment will be more,” Cassidy said.
Cassidy said this is great news for all public sector workers hurt by WEP and GPO, especially the thousands in Louisiana.
“It took a long time to repeal WEP and GPO. Let’s enjoy the moment, enjoy that past payment,” Cassidy said.
The effort was spearheaded in the House by then-Congressman Garret Graves.
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