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https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/20/congress/senate-gop- committee-assignments-00195791
The Senate broadly approved a measure expanding Social Security payments
to millions of certain public sector workers, sending the measure to
President Joe Biden for his signature.
The vote on the Social Security Fairness Act was 76-20. It previously
passed the House in an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 327-75 in November
after rank-and-file lawmakers used a procedural measure, known as a
discharge petition, to force a floor vote without House GOP leaders’
blessing.
"We will vote on taking up the Social Security Fairness Act to repeal
flawed policies that eat away at the benefits of those who've worked as teachers, firefighters, postal workers, or public sector workers,”
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said ahead of the vote.
If signed into law, the measure will expand Social Security benefits to
public sector workers who also collect pensions.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the measure will cost more
than $190 billion over the next decade and means the Social Security trust
fund will “be exhausted roughly half a year earlier than it would be under current law.”
The Senate has missed the midnight deadline to avert a government
shutdown, but a vote is expected in the earliest hours of Saturday morning
on a bill to fund the government.
The brief lapse in federal funding in the overnight hours is expected to
have minimal impact on government operations.
The Senate plans to vote in the next few hours on a short-term funding
patch that will fund the government through March 14 and provide $110
billion in disaster aid. The House cleared the measure Friday evening.
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