Legislative update on any retirement issue affecting both active and retired teachers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts can be found here.

These sites will enable you to reach any Senator or Representative on Beacon Hill. By simply clicking on their name , you will get complete information on them, and access to their email address.

This page is to give you information on bills which have been filed that affect you as a Massachusetts teacher, active or retired, or as a senior citizen. Please refer to this page to find the update of bills filed, what their present status is, and what you should be doing to ensure their passage.

Tips on writing effective letters to elected officials can be found here. If you scroll down on this site you will find how to locate writing addresses for U.S. Senators, Represtnatives and Supreme Court Justices. Also there ate the "always" and "nevers in writing to them as well as how to identify legislation when writing to them.

Information on the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset and how each affects what you will collect from social Security because of your MA pension.

HR235, filed by Representatives. McKeon and Berman of California calls for the complete repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). Please call your Congressman and ask that he/she co-sponsor this legislation.

S484, filed by Sen. Feinstein of California calls for the complete repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision(WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). Please call your Senators and ask that he/she co-sponsor this legislation.

Information on when you reach full Social Security age

HR1413 filed by Representative Joseph Crowley NT would allow those who retire on a public service pension to subtract up to $3,000 of their health care premiums or long term care premiums from their pension prior to the pension being federally taxed. Depending on the tax bracket one is in, this would mean anywhere from $300 to over $600 less a retiree would pay in federal taxes.

This bill is known as HELPS 2 and is a copy of the original HELPS Bill that already allows those retired on a public safety pension this benefit. Also all those still working get to subtract ALL their health care premiums from their salary prior to the salary being federally taxed. Ask you Congressman to sign on to co-sponsor HR1413

To reach a Senator or Congressman from any state. click on either the name of the state or state on the map. Complete information will come up of the states delegation, phone numbers and email address. Realize that emails are very often let through only for constituents of a Member of Congress.

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