Sentences with phrase «post-election lame duck»

That's the way things are shaping up in the closing weeks of the post-election lame duck congressional session.

Obama made New START ratification a priority during the 2010 post-election lame duck session of Congress, and Senators John Kerry (D - MA) and Richard Lugar (R - IN), the Democratic Chairman and senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were leading supporters of the treaty.

Not exact matches

As the Democrats appear to be slowly losing their grip on the majority (despite their claims to the contrary), Conference Leader John Sampson is reaching across the aisle to his GOP counterpart, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, and proposing a post-election spirit of cooperation for the Nov. 29 lame duck session.

Special lame - duck sessions post-Election Day can be tricky to schedule at the end of the year, given the proximity of holidays and planned vacations for state lawmakers.

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.