Secure Act May Get Senate Vote Thursday

"We remain optimistic that the bill will be enacted this year and we appreciate the efforts made to bring the bill to a vote, which keeps the issue at the forefront of Senate priorities," the Insured Retirement Institute said Thursday in a statement. McConnell spoke at a private event Wednesday, according to IRI, "where he reiterated his support for bringing the Secure Act to a vote before the end of the year."

If the Secure Act cannot be passed by unanimous consent, senators may try to attach it to a year-end spending bill.

The Secure Act has not been able to pass "by unanimous consent because there's a couple of holds in the Senate," Charlie Bolton, an aide to Sen. Rob Portman, D-Ohio, said Tuesday.

He added: "There are a lot of ideas we have to sort of break through the logjam."

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