Congress Threatens State-Run Retirement Plans for Private Workers

Governing: An ambitious California law intended to help create retirement security for low-income workers is in the crosshairs of the Trump-era Congress, which is moving to block the state and others from launching programs to automatically enroll millions of people in IRA-type savings plans.

The push is one of the most direct confrontations yet with California and other liberal states by a GOP-led Congress emboldened by President Donald Trump's election.

And it is intensifying the debate about whether conservatives who control Washington will honor their pledge to respect states' rights, even when states pursue policies out of step with the Republican agenda.

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