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Thanks to TCTA for this "update". How about a 100%
turnout immediately to get a 100% Texas co-sponsoring on
these bills.

The 109th U.S. Congress convened in Washington, D.C. last
week. A bill (HB 147 by Rep. Buck McKeon) was filed to
repeal the two offsets on Social Security benefits that
affect most Texas school employees -- the Government
Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.
Repeal of these offsets would entitle government employees
who do not pay into Social Security (as is the case with
most Texas school employees) to unreduced spousal benefits
and to the full amount of any Social Security benefit that
the employee earned through his/her own previous
participation in Social Security. The bill already has 122
co-sponsors, including 10 from Texas: Reps. Henry Bonilla,
Michael Burgess, Lloyd Doggett, Chet Edwards, Gene Green,
Ralph Hall, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Randy Neugeba...See More


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