House Votes ‘Yes’ on a Bill That Increases Social Security Checks for Some Pensioners

The bill would eliminate the government offset that can reduce Social Security benefits for those who also receive government pensions of their own.

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2005. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images

The U.S. House voted in favor of a bill that would increase Social Security payments for certain retirees who are on a pension.

The measure passed earlier this week, with 327 lawmakers voting in support of the bill. The proposal will now go to the Senate, where it will likely be passed because 62 senators publicly backed their version of the bill, according to the two House lawmakers who co-sponsored the bill.