I don’t know former U.S. Rep. Garret Graves nor have I ever met him. I do know his tenacity for "making right" through the Social Security Fairness Act was due to a passionate desire for ...

I don’t know former U.S. Rep. Garret Graves nor have I ever met him. I do know his tenacity for "making right" through the Social Security Fairness Act was due to a passionate desire for ...

It may decrease their Social Security payments by up to half the value of their pension. For example, Michelle Cosgrove's benefits will be cut nearly in half — reduced by $557, to $601.

Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves' bill would eliminate the Social Security penalty for 2.8 million government retirees, including 90,000 in Louisiana.

And that’s going to start off with a lump sum check to cover the past 14 months, said Garret Graves, the former Baton Rouge congressman who shepherded the bill into law.

U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, in an office being packed up Thursday, December 19, 2024, as he prepares to leave Washington. Staff Photo by Mark Ballard ...

More: President Biden signs law to repeal Social Security penalties on teachers, police, spouses Former Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves authored the bill and got it passed in the ...

The law, which was sponsored by former Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves, repealed the Windfall Elimination Penalty and Government Pension Offset that prevented 3 million government ...

Former Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves' Social Security Fairness Act repealed the Windfall Elimination Penalty and Government Pension Offset that prevented as many as 3 million ...

Former Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves' Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law by President Biden on Jan. 5, but agency officials must now develop a plan to implement it.

Hundreds of thousands of public employees − including at CSU and Poudre School District − stand to get a Social Security boost from a federal change.

On behalf of thousands of Louisiana retirees, I want to thank our Louisiana congressional delegation, with special thanks to former U.S. Rep. Garret Graves and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, for ...