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Did Ashley Hinson get the Social Security Fairness Act through the House?

Matches stated direction. She cosponsored it, signed the petition to force a House vote and voted yes; it became law in January 2025, and many members shared that work.

Ashley Hinson

The Social Security Fairness Act

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What they say

In the October 7 debate, Hinson said she got the Social Security Fairness Act across the finish line in the House, so teachers, firefighters and other first responders get the benefits owed to them.

“I was able to get the Social Security Fairness Act across the finish line in the House”

What the record shows ·

Rep. Garret Graves sponsored H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, which repeals the Social Security rules known as the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision. Hinson became a cosponsor in February 2023 and on September 19, 2024 signed the petition to force it to the House floor, the day it reached the 218 signatures it needed. She voted yes when the House passed it 327-75 on November 12, 2024, and it became law on January 5, 2025.

Limit: Many members shared this work: she was the 209th signer of the petition, and the record does not show a lead role.

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  1. Iowa PBS debate, October 7: Hinson on the Social Security Fairness Acthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQXwr856YrI&t=1886s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    31:26. The quoted words read the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

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  2. Iowa Press Debates: U.S. Senate, transcripthttps://www.iowapbs.org/shows/iowapress/special/14524/iowa-press-debates-us-senate

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The host's own transcript of the October 7 debate, the second copy for quoted words.

    candidate statement

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  3. H.R. 82 (118th Congress), Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/82/cosponsors

    Congress.gov · Published Jan 5, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves; Hinson a cosponsor from February 2, 2023; passed the House 327-75 on November 12, 2024; became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.

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  4. Discharge Petition No. 16 (118th Congress), H.Res. 1410 for H.R. 82https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024091016

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Sep 10, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Petition to bring H.R. 82 to the floor; Hinson is signature 209, dated September 19, 2024.

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  5. Roll Call 456, H.R. 82 passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Nov 12, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Social Security Fairness Act, motion to suspend the rules and pass; Hinson recorded Yea; passed 327 to 75.

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