“Congressional proponents have publicly expressed the desire to get it done this year. The more significant wildcard is what other major legislation Congress will act upon in the last weeks of this session since SECURE 2.0 will likely be attached to a larger bill,” IRI spokesman Dan Zielinkski said.
Coalition members are hoping to persuade lawmakers not to pass the buck on the legislation to the divided Congress in 2023, where they fear its passage may be stymied by gridlock.
“Right now, the Senate and House have each passed [their version of the] bills with only minor differences that are easily worked out. There’s nothing contentious there,” Andy Friedman, founder and editor of The Washington Update, said during a recent webinar.