{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-leads-senators-urging-senate-finance-committee-to-reject-tax-changes-to-401ks", "Leahy Leads Senators Urging Senate Finance Committee To Reject Tax Changes To 401(k)s", "2017-11-07", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "VT", "Patrick Leahy", "L000174", "www.leahy.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "11.07.17\n\t\t\t Leahy Leads Senators Urging Senate Finance Committee To Reject Tax Changes To 401(k)\u2019s \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSenator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Tuesday led a group of Senate Democrats in calling on the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee to reject changes to the tax system that would harm existing tax incentives for Americans to save for retirement.\u00a0 The letter comes as Senate Republicans are poised to release their own version of tax reform legislation later this week.\r\nSenate Republicans may be considering making changes to the incentives Americans enjoy for retirement, specifically by adopting so-called \u201cRothification,\u201d which would eliminate or limit the amount of pre-tax money that can be contributed to these 401(k) accounts.\u00a0 In the letter, Leahy and his allies highlight research showing that workers at all income levels participating in employer-sponsored retirement plans contribute on average at least $2,700 annually to their accounts.\u00a0 This amount exceeds the $2,400 limit that Republicans reportedly have considered setting as a new pre-tax limit for retirement account contributions.\r\nThe Leahy-led letter says:\u00a0 \u201cCongress needs to do more to improve retirement incentives for the American people, not less.\u00a0 Dramatically altering incentives for retirement simply to raise short-term revenue to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy is a cynical ploy that will harm hardworking Americans in every state.\u201d\r\nThe full text of the letter is available here.\r\nJoining Leahy on the letter are Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Angus King (I-Maine), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.).\r\n\u00a0\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t Press Contact \n\t\t\t\tDavid Carle: 202-224-3693\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\t\n\t\n\t\n  \n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/leahy-leads-senators-urging-senate-finance-committee-to-reject-tax-changes-to-401ks"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.54099240899086, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}