More than 60,000 people are fed up and have signed a petition demanding Congress take action on two unfair Social Security rules. The Senate is inching closer to a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which aims to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These rules unfairly slash Social Security benefits for millions of public servants and their families—think teachers, firefighters, police officers, and others who dedicated their careers to serving their communities.

So, why does this matter? Well, thanks to the WEP and GPO, about 3 million Americans are watching their benefits shrink. The WEP targets workers with fewer than 30 years of significant Social Security-covered earnings if they also get a pension from a “non-covered” job. Meanwhile, the GPO hammers spouses of public service workers, cutting their Social Security benefits by up to two-thirds. In short, these rules punish public servants and their families for, you know, working hard and earning their pensions.

The petition doesn’t mince words, calling the WEP and GPO “un-American” and accusing the system of “lawful robbery” of earned benefits. It’s not wrong. Public servants paid into these systems. They earned their pensions. And yet, the government treats them like second-class citizens when it comes to Social Security.

The Social Security Fairness Act has already cleared the House with a bipartisan landslide vote of 327-75—no small feat in today’s political climate. Louisiana Republican Garret Graves and Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger, who co-sponsored the bill, say there’s no reason it shouldn’t enjoy the same success in the Senate.

But critics are already clutching their pearls, saying the bill could “worsen” Social Security’s funding crisis, which is projected to hit a wall in 2035. Public servants aren’t buying it. “We are not the problem,” the petition declares, adding that it’s time Congress stops balancing the trust fund “on the backs of deserving Americans.”

The clock is ticking. If the Senate doesn’t act before the congressional session wraps up, this long-overdue bill gets tossed aside—again. It’s about time Congress prioritizes fairness for public servants. They’ve earned it.