The Social Security Act had 264 cosponsors in the last House of Representatives. Why wasn't it called for a vote? It had bipartisan support to repeal Wep.

Hi,

I assume you are referring to "H.R. 141 (116th): Social Security Fairness Act of 2019" (https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr141/summary), which would amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provision.

Most of the support for this bill in congress was among Democrats, and only a handful of Republican senators expressed support for the bill. Therefore, although I don't have access to any inside information, my guess is that the senate version of the bill had no chance of advancing under a Republican majority. Whether or not that will change now that Democrats appear to hold slim majorities in both houses remains to be seen.

Best, Jerry