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Congressional negotiators, rushing to complete a major pension bill before the August recess, said Monday a deal on the long-awaited bill to shore up defined-benefit pension plans still eluded them. House Majority Leader John Boehner, a chief negotiator, said there were still "half a dozen issues' left to resolve on the bill, important to the retirement benefits of Americans. Those included the extent of special breaks for financially struggling airlines and a provision to allow more financial institutions to give investment advice on 401(k) and IRA plans that critics say could present conflict of interest problems.