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Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 This bill repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits, such as a pension from a state or local government. The bill eliminates the government pension offset , which in various instances reduces Social Security benefits for spouses, widows, and…
THE LOBBYING SURGE
Federal lobbying reports naming this bill, per quarter · dashed lines = what Congress did, on the same axis
⚠ chart still assembling — 3% of this bill's 318 reports are dated so far; bars grow as filing periods are extracted
hover a bar for that quarter's top organizations · striped bar = quarter still filling · semiannual filings bucket to the quarter they end in
WHO SHOWED UP
Organizations by reports naming this bill · a report discloses activity, not a position
THE REVOLVING DOOR
Lobbyists on this bill with disclosed former government roles (LDA §4)
Maria Freese
then: Staff, U.S. House of Representatives; Staff, U.S. Senate Finance Committee
now for: NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
Katherine Sybenga
then: Senate Homeland Security and Gov. Affairs Committee/Chief Counsel for Gov. Affairs, Senior Counsel, Director, Gov. Affairs, Counsel; Office of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)/Legislative Assistant, Legislative Aide/Correspondent, Staff Assistant, intern
now for: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
Katie Maddocks
then: Legislative & Political Director
now for: NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION
Jennifer Tyree
then: U.S. Office of Personnel Management/Dep. Dir. Off. of Congressional, Leg. & Intergovernmental Affairs; Off. of Sen. Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)/Leg. Dir. & Counsel; Sen. Homeland Sec. and Gov. Affairs Cmte/Subcom. Counsel; Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)/intern
now for: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
Elizabeth Foley
then: LA - Rep. McCollum
now for: UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE LABOR COMMITTEE
Dennis Slocumb
then: Legislative Director
now for: INTERNATIONAL UNION OF POLICE ASSOCIATIONS AFL-CIO
Judy Beard
then: DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE
now for: AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO
Matthew Sowards
then: Office of John D. Rockefeller, IV (D-WV), Legislative Correspondent (2012-2015), Intern (2009); Office of Congressman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Intern (2009)
now for: NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
THE MONEY BEHIND THE VOTE
Final passage: 348 YEA / 89 NAY · each side's top donor industries (all-cycles totals to those members)
⬆ YEA voters — top donor industries
⬇ NAY voters — top donor industries
Dollar figures are each industry's total contributions to those members across all tracked cycles — not money given for this bill. Correlation, not causation.
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