Urge Congress: Repeal Social Security Offsets

NEA supports repeal of the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which penalize some public employees by cutting or taking away completely Social Security benefits they or their spouse earned. 

Legislation (H.R. 82/S. 206) to completely repeal both the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision has been reintroduced in the House and Senate. See if your Representative or Senators are cosponsors.

 NEA supports this proposal.

Tell your Representatives in Congress: Stop penalizing public service! Repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. 

Join the National Call to Action

NEA needs your continued help to put pressure on lawmakers to repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). Public employees have lived with these unfair burdens long enough.

Join the national call to action to call attention to the re-introduced Social Security Fairness Act and urge Members of Congress to cosponsor the bills. See the menu of activities and toolkit  to make your voice heard. NEA grassroots muscle can have a strong impact on influencing legislators.

More Info on Social Security Offsets

News

• House Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing, January 2008
  • Statement of NEA
  • Statement of NEA member Margaret Cagle 
• The Latest News on GPO/WEP
• "Offsetting Priorities," NEA Today, March 2007
• Testimony of NEA Member Patty Myers to the Senate Finance Committee, 3/20/07
• Social Security Fairness Act news conference in Washington, DC, 2/6/07
  • Remarks by NEA President Reg Weaver
  • Statement of NEA member Margaret Cagle

The Basics

• NEA Testimony and Letters to Congress
• NEA's Position on Social Security Offsets
• NEA on the Issues: Social Security
• Real Stories from People Affected by the GPO and WEP  
• NEA's Partners in the Coalition to Assure Retirement Equity

Does GPO/WEP Affect Me?

• What Is the Government Pension Offset?
• What Is the Windfall Elimination Provision?
• FAQs about the Government Pension Offset
• FAQs about the Windfall Elimination Provision
• Take the GPO/WEP Quiz