As Congress finally pushed through its $1.7 trillion spending bill at the last minute, it also concluded another saga: the months-long quest to pass Secure 2.0.
The sweeping retirement legislation, pieced together from several different Senate and House bills, had been percolating in Congress for the better part of a year. The package is full of popular reforms, supported by the industry and backed by a rare bipartisan consensus — but for months, it never got a vote.
