Well, that didn’t take long.
Within days after the new DOL fiduciary rule, Republic leaders in the Senate launched a resolution attempting to block the rules. Three GOP senators announced that the new rules would raise the bar for providing advice so high that small account holders would be left behind.
From 401k Specialist:
[U.S. Senators] Isakson, Alexander and Enzi today filed a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act to reject the administration’s new so-called “Retirement Advice Gag Rule.”
“I have worked to fight the implementation of this harmful rule since it was first proposed and promised to do all I could to overturn it before it can harm Georgia families. The introduction of this resolution is the next step in the battle,” Isakson, who is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, said in a statement. “Like so many of this administration’s decisions, their new fiduciary rule harms the very individuals it seeks to protect and prevents those hardworking Americans who are trying to plan for retirement from having the opportunity to access retirement advice.
Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson is the chairman of the committee responsible for pensions and labor. He has already launched a salvo of proposed laws, including sponsoring or co-sponsoring the following, as recorded by 401k Specialist:
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…the Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act, which would require a vote by Congress before any final rule by the administration went into effect;
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…the Retail Investor Protection Act, which would prohibit the Department of Labor from issuing its rule until the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a final rule relating to standards of conduct for brokers and dealers and has satisfied additional reporting requirements; and
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…the Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act, which seeks to block the Department of Labor’s “harmful” fiduciary rule and provide a viable alternative …
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