Bipartisan duo works around GOP leaders to force vote on Social Security bill
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.
U.S. House to vote on bill to end Social Security penalty on police, teachers, firefighters
Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves has secured enough signatures to trigger a vote on bill that would end Social Security on government retirees.
Baton Rouge Republican, Virginia Democrat team up to force vote on Social Security Fairness bill
Baton Rouge Congressman Garret Graves teams up with one of his Democratic colleagues to bypass Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act.
Bill to repeal WEP, GPO reaches threshold to force a House floor vote
The Social Security Fairness Act, a bill to undo WEP and GPO, has enough support to force a floor vote. But that’s unlikely to happen until at least November.
‘Social Security Fairness Act’ to head to the House floor
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KALB) - The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a bill to eliminate two Social Security provisions after over 212 representatives signed a discharge petition to bring the bill straight to the House floor.
Can Louisiana congressman force vote to end Social Security penalty on teachers, police?
Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves needs 218 signatures to force House vote on bill to end Social Security penalty on government retirees like teachers.
Thousands of former Louisiana public workers could gain from U.S. House vote on Social Security
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.
House members bypass Mike Johnson a second time to force Social Security vote
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.
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US Rep. Garret Graves asks President Biden to expedite Louisiana’s disaster declaration request
Louisiana members of Congress are urging President Joe Biden to expedite the state's request for an emergency declaration ...
La. Congressman Graves files discharge petition to eliminate two Social Security provisions
Louisiana Republican Congressman Garret Graves has officially filed a discharge petition to eliminate two Social Security ...
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Social Security bill could raise benefits for some retirees in CT
The bipartisan bill from U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., and U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., would eliminate a pair of ...
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Garret Graves presses against the odds to get changes to Social Security law
U.S. Rep. Garret Graves was about halfway toward getting enough support Wednesday to force a vote on a bill that would free ...
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Here’s what Garret Graves is doing in the wake Hurricane Francine
Since arriving in the early morning hours Thursday as Hurricane Francine pounded the Capital Region, U.S. Rep. Garret Graves ...