House passes bill to eliminate Social Security penalty on teachers, police firefighters

A bill that would end a 40-year Social Security penalty for public servants like teachers, firefighters, police and their spouses cleared the U.S. House Tuesday night, a signature win for outgoing Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves and potentially as many as 90,000 Louisiana retirees. The 1980s-era Windfall Elimination Penalty and…

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