Wep Update 2024 In. 82, legislation to repeal the social security the government pension offset and windfall elimination provision, reached the required 218 signatures necessary to discharge the house ways and means committee from further. The social security fairness act would repeal rules known as the windfall elimination provision (wep) and the government pension offset (gpo).
Now pressure is building to push the bill to repeal wep and gpo to a floor vote. The wep and gpo reduce (but do not eliminate) social security benefits for workers and spouses, respectively, if they are covered by a pension benefit from a public employer that is exempt from social security tax withholding.
