The Social Security benefits of roughly 3 million U.S. citizens have just gotten a lot bigger.

On Jan. 5, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law.

Before he signed it, the bill passed both chambers of Congress overwhelmingly—passing in the House in November 2024 with a vote of 327–75, and then later in the Senate with a vote of 76–20. Meaning it enjoyed broad, bipartisan support.

What this new law does is eliminate two provisions that have been in place within the Social Security framework for decades: the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

Let’s go through what these two provisions are, and find out why eliminating them increases Social Security benefits for roughly 3 million people.

Join host Roman Balmakov on this week’s episode of “Facts Matter.”

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