The repeal, a decades-long priority for public employee advocates, heads to the president for his signature after a late night Senate vote.

The Social Security Fairness act will repeal the penalties on police, teachers and other government retirees and spouses.

The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans with pensions by ending two of the program’s policies in place for decades — the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset.

The Senate is plowing forward with consideration of the Social Security Fairness Act, clearing its first procedural hurdle on what supporters hope is a path to passage later this week. The

Nearly 100,000 Louisiana government retirees would benefit from the elimination of the Social Security penalty on government retirees like teachers.

The bill’s passage is a big win for public sector retirees but critics fear it will further destabilize the Social Security Trust Fund.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to advance a bill to boost Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by repealing two laws that have limited payouts to state and

The Senate approved legislation to provide full Social Security benefits for public service workers who hold jobs outside of their government work.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly in the early hours of Saturday to pass legislation to boost Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans. The legislation will repeal two statutes that have reduced payouts to state and local police,

CRS estimates that about 102,000 California spouses could also be helped by the legislation. A total of 6.3 Californians receive some sort of benefit from Social Security programs. There’s no estimate of the average benefit or when it could be available.