President Biden on Sunday signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers,

President Joe Biden has signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees.

Former Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves' Social Security Fairness Act will mean raises for many teachers, police and their spouses.

President Joe Biden signed a measure into law on Sunday that boosts Social Security retirement payments to some retirees who draw public pensions, such as former police officers and firefighters, in what the White House described as the first expansion of such benefits in 20 years.

President Joe Biden plans to sign the Social Security Fairness Act into law on Sunday afternoon, the White House announced Friday night.

Almost all of you reading this column cannot collect your own Social Security retirement check and at the same time, get some extra benefits from your spouse’s account. But Tom Margenau and other government pensioners will do just that.