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Insurance companies had lobbied for the change to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-regulation overhaul, seeking to roll back the tougher rules.

The pension reform amendment would help the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. remain solvent by letting ailing multiemployer pension plans cut retiree benefits.

Government funding expires today. Congressional leaders have said for weeks that they wont allow a shutdown.

Congress will vote Thursday on a $1.1 trillion spending plan that includes a provision to help out the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Opponents say it'll hurt retirees.

Supreme Court decisions, crackdowns by the Department of Labor and a shift in the political balance of power were among the big stories on the retirement front. And 2015 promises even more.

Detroit asked to end its record $18 billion municipal bankruptcy, a request that may be fulfilled by days end.