Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
National Taxpayers Union
s2017-99.
s2017-99.
AFL-CIO
Overturning the Retirement Plan Safe Harbor Rule (H.J. Res. 67).
Overturning the Retirement Plan Safe Harbor Rule (H.J. Res. 67).
Citizens Against Government Waste
Local Government Retirement Plans Disapproval – Passage.
Passage of the joint resolution that would disapprove and nullify a Labor Department rule that exempts local government-administered retirement savings plans for non-government workers from certain federal restrictions and requirements for pension plans. Under the rule, to qualify for the exemption, a city or county must have a population at least as large as the least-populated state in the nation and must administer a retirement plan for its own employees.
Alliance for Retired Americans
Retirement Rule Repeal.
The Senate voted on H.J.Res 67, which nullifies a rule issued by the Department of Labor to allow state and local governments to set up savings arrangement for non-governmental employees. The rule aimed to help private sector employees save for retirement. The resolution passed. H.J.Res. 67.