BREAKING: Graves-Spanberger Discharge Petition Reaches 218 …
WEB6 days ago — Graves & Spanberger: “Today is a Major Milestone Made Possible by Tireless Advocates Who’ve Made Clear that Congress Must Act” U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) today announced that their discharge petition for the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act has hit 218 signatures — the number required to force a vote in the U.S. House of ...
House to vote on bill to end Social Security penalty on teachers, …
WEB5 days ago — Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves and Democratic Virginia U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger have secured enough signatures to trigger a vote in the U.S. House on a bill to eliminate the...
Garret Graves makes push to end Social Security penalty for …
WEBAug 9, 2024 — Louisiana Republican Rep. Garret Graves is making a final, frenetic push before he leaves Congress on his years-long effort to pass a bill to eliminate the Social Security penalty for...
Rep. Garret Graves secures signatures to bring Social Security …
WEB4 hours ago — Graves recently announced that he has reached a long-elusive milestone by securing enough signatures to bring the Social Security Fairness Act to a vote on the House floor as early as November.
Garret Graves makes move to trigger vote to end Social Security …
WEBAug 23, 2024 — Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves is taking his bill to eliminate the Social Security penalty for government retirees like teachers, police, firefighters and their spouses directly to the...
Graves’ Social Security Fix Takes Another Step Forward – House …
WEBApr 9, 2024 — In March 2024, Graves and Representative Abigail Spanberger (Virginia) called on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to hold a markup on their bipartisan bill, H.R. 82 – the Social Security Fairness Act, to fully repeal both the WEP and GPO. The bill would provide relief to victims of these unfair, outdated penalties that have reduced ...
Graves-led push on Social Security benefits gains traction
WEBJul 12, 2023 — Nearly two-thirds of the House has signed onto a bill that would boost Social Security for public-sector workers with government pensions who currently see limited retirement benefits.
Garret Graves presses to get changes to Social Security law
WEBSep 11, 2024 — WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Garret Graves was about halfway toward getting enough support Wednesday to force a vote on a bill that would free up Social Security benefits for police.
Lawmakers file discharge petition to repeal controversial tax rule ...
WEBSep 10, 2024 — Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Garret Graves, R-La., are the lead sponsors of the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), a measure introduced last year that would eliminate Social...
Bipartisan duo works around GOP leaders to force vote on Social …
WEBReps. 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 ...