The Social Security Fairness Act passed by a vote of 76-20 in the early hours of Saturday. The act eliminates provisions that affect an estimated 3 million individuals. The measure was passed in the Senate after a key amendment,

The Senate is moving to a final vote on a proposal to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, potentially pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year.

The repeal, a decades-long priority for public employee advocates, heads to the president for his signature after a late night Senate vote.