Sentences with phrase «duck session with»

When the dust settles from the midterm elections, federal lawmakers — the re-elected and losers alike — will head back to Washington for a lame - duck session with a long to - do list that could have broad implications for education policy over the next year.

«Pushing this through the Senate during a lame - duck session with the hopes of using the Christmas holiday as a backstop is irresponsible.

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And now with such an important lame duck session you realize why we were to endure all that stuff.

This year at the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, chef Steve McHugh will be co-presenting a «Whole Hog on the Grill» session and serving up Smoked Duck Ham with Preserved Yard Egg Yolk & Blackberry Mustard at Saturday's Tasting Tents!

Did you have a plan for DADT repeal in the «lame duck» session after you lost your Speakership, before the TeaParty took over the House with Boehner at the helm?

After more than 2,700 days as Scotland's longest - serving first minister and 215 sessions at first minister's questions, Salmond parried and ducked attacks on his record from Baillie and the Scottish Tory leader, Ruth Davidson, with open relish.

Cook - Deegan pointed to one «bright spot» for biomedical research amid all this uncertainty: in last year's lame duck session of Congress, the 21st Century Cures Act passed with bipartisan support.

After extensive conversations over the past several weeks with senior staff persons and key Members of Congress who serve on the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the bill, it has become clear that very few, if any, public health bills such as the SMA Treatment Acceleration Act will move through Congress during the lame - duck session set to begin on November 15.

A proposed $ 5 million voucher program for military families that have children with special education needs is part of the defense - spending bill that Congress will take up in its post-election lame - duck session.

And in January, just after we hadn't gotten our proposal through in the lame duck session, I'd worked with a labor lawyer named Jim Franczek who's absolutely brilliant... and his partner of counsel Stephanie Donovan on fall backs.

Guests are provided with a variety of entertainment options, such as a large ball field for off - leash play, a swim yard for summertime sessions and exposure to farm critters like sheep, ducks and goats.

Some hopeful Capitol Hill insiders predict Congress will, with the November election behind them, pass the PTC in a December lame duck session.