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        "uri": "/2024/03/05/retirement-crisis-senate-debates-whether-401ks-should-replace-pensions-411-31513/",
        "title": "Retirement Crisis? Senate Debates Whether 401(k)s Should Replace Pensions",
        "byline": "David Baumann",
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        "prettyDate": "March 05, 2024",
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        "summary": "Sen. Bernie Sanders released a report focused on problems facing the American retirement system, as advocates of defined-benefit plans squared off with proponents of defined-contribution plans.",
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        "uri": "/2024/01/25/dol-issues-guidance-on-new-401k-linked-emergency-savings-accounts-411-31255/",
        "title": "DOL Issues Guidance on New 401(k)-linked Emergency Savings Accounts",
        "byline": "David Baumann",
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        "prettyDate": "January 25, 2024",
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        "summary": "These new SECURE 2.0 pension-linked accounts can have auto-enrollment but must give employees the chance to opt out.",
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        "uri": "/2023/03/24/dols-esg-investing-rule-challenge-alive-despite-biden-veto-411-29457/",
        "title": "Challenge to DOL's ESG Investing Rule Still Alive, Despite Biden Veto",
        "byline": "David Baumann",
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        "prettyDate": "March 24, 2023",
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        "summary": "From an attempt to override the veto to a legal challenge by Republican attorneys general of 25 states, the political issues surrounding the DOL's ESG rule will continue to swirl for the foreseeable future.",
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        "uri": "/2023/02/08/50-members-of-congress-propose-to-overturn-dols-new-esg-rule-411-29229/",
        "title": "50 U.S. Senators Propose to Overturn DOL's New Sustainable Investing Rule",
        "byline": "David Baumann",
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        "prettyDate": "February 08, 2023",
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        "summary": "Forty-nine GOP senators, as well as Sen. Joe Manchin, plan to reintroduce a resolution attempting to block enforcement of the DOL's new ESG regulation for retirement plans, which took effect Monday.",
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        "uri": "/2023/01/27/the-dols-2023-regulatory-agenda-new-rules-for-401ks-and-group-health-plans-411-29122/",
        "title": "The DOL's 2023 Regulatory Agenda: New Rules for 401(k)s and Group Health Plans",
        "byline": "David Baumann",
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        "prettyDate": "January 27, 2023",
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        "summary": "No slowdown is expected in the coming months when it comes to employer-sponsored healthcare and retirement plans. Here are some of the big-ticket items.",
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        "uri": "/2022/03/28/cryptocurrency-worries-are-401k-fiduciaries-going-in-with-eyes-open-411-26778/",
        "title": "Cryptocurrency Worries: Are 401(k) Fiduciaries Going in with Eyes Open?",
        "byline": "David Baumann",
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        "prettyDate": "March 28, 2022",
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        "summary": "EBSA's acting assistant secretary discusses DOL's current thinking on crypto, equity, conflict of interest, and ESG in defined-contribution plans.",
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        "uri": "/2022/01/10/replace-a-pension-with-a-401k-tradeoffs-may-impact-employers-as-well-as-workers-411-26236/",
        "title": "Tradeoffs for Employers in Replacing a Pension with a 401(k)",
        "byline": "David Baumann",
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        "prettyDate": "January 10, 2022",
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        "summary": "New research suggests a typical defined-contribution plan costs nearly twice as much as a comparable defined-benefit plan.",
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