The Social Security Fairness Act was proposed to reverse the rules surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

House lawmakers are getting close to reaching the number of signatures they need to prompt a vote on a bill that would eliminate certain rules that reduce Social Security benefits for pensioners. The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal rules known as the Windfall Elimination Provision,

Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves has secured enough signatures to trigger a vote on bill that would end Social Security on government retirees.

HR 82 would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision, called WEP, and the Government Pension Offset, or GPO, sections of the Social Security law that curbed benefits for about 2.8 million public employees.

A bill that would expand Social Security benefits for nearly three million recipients has received bipartisan support, allowing it to be pushed through to the next stage of the legislative process. On Thursday,

Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) overcame resistance from leadership to move legislation through Congress that repeals two long-standing programs affecting Social Security benefits for recipients across the country.

A group of House members from both parties succeeded Thursday in deploying a rarely executed method to bypass GOP leadership and force a vote on a bill to expand access to Social Security benefits. Why it matters: It's the second time this year that a bipartisan group of lawmakers has sidestepped House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.