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Tick-tock. Social Security Fairness Act's nearing death without Senate vote scheduled

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The Social Security Fairness Act would eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset ( GPO ) The bill must be voted on by year end , or it dies.

Public sector workers from across the nation plan to rally at the Capitol on Dec. 11 .

The bill has 62 bipartisan Senate sponsors, more than 60 votes needed to be filibuster-proof.

Many research groups, including the Bipartisan Policy Center , support replacing WEP with a “proportional formula” for Social Security .

This would allow retirees to receive Social Security benefits based on the fraction of earnings covered by Social Security , they said.

The legislation has “quietly accomplished a feat rarely seen in Washington , D.C. ,” Biggs said.

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