april 27 story correct name republican senator say vote resolution bob corker instead tom cotton paragraph 11 lisa lambert sarah n. lynch washington lawmakers lobbyists interest group make final push fight regulations enact former president barack obama last months office financial service industry work hard kill rule retirement plan run state use obscure 1996 law know congressional review act republicans pass 13 resolutions kill obama-era regulations energy environment gun control education family-planning fund corruption rule eliminate agencies never create substantially similar regulation deadline introduce new cra resolutions regulations enact obama nearly month ago republicans work complete resolutions already legislative pipeline third week may currently resolutions require simple majorities pass house congress reach president donald trump sign may 11 must win 60 vote senate pass steep hurdle give vote margins cra resolutions tight vice president mike pence break tie one spokeswoman speaker paul ryan say house representatives probably cra vote spokesman senate majority leader mitch mcconnell say mcconnell express interest consider resolutions resolution state-run retirement plan catch limbo weeks obama labor department exempt state city-run retirement plan 1974 employee retirement income security act erisa law design protect workers save detail compliance requirements private-sector workers whose employers offer 401 retirement benefit often low incomes automatically enrol plan launch state california illinois state say exemption let employers pass workers money plan without foot compliance cost state farther along cities establish program cities still draft stag march 30 senate approve resolution already pass house kill exemption city program trump sign mid-april vote near identical resolution state program expect follow immediately far measure come floor congressional aid say hard collect enough republican vote pass measure republican senator bob corker tennessee state vote resolution aid say republican senators rand paul kentucky todd young indiana also lean vote two senators offices respond query intentions lobbyists though turn heat april 27 letter group include investment company institute u.s. chamber congress write 100 u.s. senators urge repeal state retirement plan rule say workers could leave unprotected republicans begin final push kill obama-era regulations