Law enforcement organizations praised a law passed last week as Congress nearly averted a partial government shutdown in response to reductions in Social Security for some people industry employees, despite criticism from program opponents who claimed the price may speed up the agency’s debt. The Social Security Fairness Act, bipartisan legislation that repeals two poorly understood laws, the WEP and the GPO, was largely approved by the Senate on Saturday. Essentially, the legislation repeals 1980’s regulations that diminished benefits for state-funded public employees. President Biden received the act. In the House, 327 people, and 76 Lawmakers voted to remain with about 3 million retired rescuers, authorities officers, teachers, and other public sector workers who likewise receive annuity payments, Mick McHale, president of the National Association of Police Organizations, told Fox News Digital. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, AUGUST 14, 1935, SOCIAL SECURITY IS SIGNED INTO LAW BY FDR” For over 40 years, the men and women, especially in the area of public health … have been penalized as a result of the pension system that they belong to”, McHale said. Rescuers, police officers, postal workers, teachers, and others with a common income have collected decreased Social Security benefits for tasks they held in the private sector because of WEP, which was designed to reduce so-called double-dipping from a state pension and Social Security. In an effort to reduce Social Security overpayments, the GPO ensures that marriage benefits are adjusted to reflect earnings from public pensions. ” This is a win for hundreds of teachers, first responders, and public servants in Maine who, through support to their areas, have been forced to abandon their earned pension gains”, said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine., the lead sponsor of the estimate. BEWARE OF THIS SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM BY CROOKS TRYING YOUCRITICS OF THE ABOVE TEXAS Act Critics claimed that it would lead to more issues for Social Security as it developed. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the legislation will increase the federal deficit by$ 96 billion over the next ten years. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah., called the bill “fundamentally unfair”, saying it would impact millions who have paid into Social Security. ” This bill would force those workers, 96 % of them in America, to subsidize overly generous benefits for the 4 % of the workforce, those who have not participated in Social Security and instead contribute to non-covered pensions”, Lee said on the Senate floor. Despite some criticism, Congress overwhelmingly supported changing the system, according to McHale.” The men and women that are in Congress clearly recognized the unfairness that was being applied when it comes to a Social Security benefit, which was richly deserved and earned,” he said. He acknowledged that many retirees occasionally go on to work in occupations that pay into Social Security. The penalty is applied when we reach the golden years of our careers, he said, and we should be able to reap the rewards of our efforts.