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Majority Of U.S. Reps Support GPO Relief

JULY 2001 - Windfall Reform Also Gaining Sponsors - Less than five months after the 107th Congress got underway, there is already a majority of the House of Representatives sponsoring the Social Security GPO relief bill (HR 664) – 232 congressmen, as we went to press, with 218 representing a majority. This is in marked contrast to the last congressional session (106th) in which it took almost a year and a half to reach that milestone.“Earlier this year, led by the National Association of Retired Federal Employees (NARFE), the Coalition to Assure Retirement Equality (CARE) held a strategy meeting,” according to Legislative Chairman Bill Hill. “It was decided then that coalition members would focus their energies on enlisting as many cosponsors to HR 664 as possible.

Strong Push For GPO/WEP Reform Continues Unabated

MAY 2001 - Association Seeks Support For Relief From State Officials - While they don’t attract the national spotlight like tax cuts, efforts to reform Social Security’s Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) are well underway in the 107th Congress. Back home, our Association has also been hard at work on these issues with state officials.
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Defeat Of Mandatory Soc. Security Ongoing

MARCH 2001 - Association Continues Work With CPRS - In addition to our work with CARE on the GPO and WEP during the 107th Congress, the Association will continue its affiliation with the Coalition to Preserve Retirement Security (CPRS) on mandatory Social Security coverage for all newly hired public employees. CPRS, whose current chairman is Thomas Lussier (executive director of the Teachers' Retirement Board), has as its primary and ongoing goal to defeat any proposal that would mandate Social Security for new public emloyees.