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Did Mike Lawler help pass the Social Security Fairness Act?

Matches stated direction. He cosponsored the bill, signed the petition to force a House vote and voted for it; it became law in January 2025.

Mike Lawler

The Social Security Fairness Act

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he championed and helped deliver passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, which raised benefits for teachers, police, firefighters and other public workers.

“Championed and helped deliver passage of the Social Security Fairness Act”

What the record shows ·

He became a cosponsor of H.R. 82 on March 3, 2023, one of 330. He signed the discharge petition to force a House vote on the day it was filed, September 10, 2024, as signature 22 and the fourth Republican; it reached 218 signatures on September 19. He voted Yea when the House passed the bill 327-75 on November 12, 2024. It became Public Law 118-273 on January 5, 2025.

Limit: He backed the bill, helped force the House vote and voted for it. He was one of 330 cosponsors and did not sponsor it, so championed is his word for it.

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  1. Issueshttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/issues/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Fifteen issue sections, most of them lists of bills and votes he names. Undated; read October 1, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Did Mike Lawler help pass the Social Security Fairness Act?

  2. Meet Mikehttps://www.lawlerforcongress.com/about/

    Lawler for Congress, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Campaign biography and a list of what it says he has done in Congress. Undated.

    candidate statement

    For: Did Mike Lawler help pass the Social Security Fairness Act?

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

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor Garret Graves. Lawler became a cosponsor on March 3, 2023, one of 330. Became Public Law 118-273.

    official legislative record

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  4. Discharge Petition 118-16, on H.Res. 1410 (H.R. 82)https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024091016?CongressNum=118

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Sep 10, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed by Garret Graves on September 10, 2024, to force a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act. Lawler is signature 22, signed September 10, 2024, the fourth of 47 Republicans. Signature 218 came on September 19, 2024.

    official legislative record

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  5. House Roll Call 456, 2024: H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Acthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024456

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    November 12, 2024. Carried 327-75. Lawler is recorded Yea.

    official legislative record

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  6. Public Law 118-273, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ273/html/PLAW-118publ273.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 5, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed January 5, 2025.

    official legislative record

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