Biden Isn’t Going Quietly Into that Good Night

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In the 27 days until the inauguration of the most corrupt individual ever to ascend to the nation’s highest office (again), it’s easy to get caught up in the painful headlines about the federal budget, the debt ceiling, woefully inappropriate cabinet and ambassadorship appointments, and general dis-ease over the myriad unknowns confronting us over the next four years.

Good news often gets brushed aside, encouraging the opinion the outgoing Biden administration is just sitting on its hands running out the clock.

Well, here are some recent headlines demonstrating Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are still working for the American people.

First, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Social Security Fairness Act on Saturday.

This is a big deal, especially since dismantling Social Security and handing it off to Wall Street has been a consistent republican obsession since the Social Security Administration (SSA) was created in 1935.

With the next administration and Congress licking its chops over the prospect of finally getting its wish, this piece of legislation is particularly timely. First, it will eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). Added to the Social Security Act in 1983, these…