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2016 Postmortem

cally

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9. Lame duck Congress is expected to deal with taxes and debt this year

Reply to akbacchus_BC (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 10:18 AM

Jun 2012

Since the Bush tax cuts expire and defense cuts kick in this January, Congress has to act before January. Most expect that Congress will reconvene after the November election and try to deal with this before a new Congress is reconvened in January. Should be very chaotic and many things will be inserted into those bills that almost no one knows about. We'll be dealing with the repercussions of this for years.

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How does it work in the US during an upcoming election? [View all] akbacchus_BC Jun 2012 OP

They continue as normal. steve2470 Jun 2012 #1

And they 'recess' when they feel like it, elleng Jun 2012 #5

true ! nt steve2470 Jun 2012 #6

No such thing as silly questions Angry Dragon Jun 2012 #1

+1 nt steve2470 Jun 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author steve2470 Jun 2012 #1

There may be a recess before the elections, but recess (for both Houses) is usually August. joshcryer Jun 2012 #7

Here's some more info Tx4obama Jun 2012 #8

Lame duck Congress is expected to deal with taxes and debt this year cally Jun 2012 #9

They use the remaining time (until November) to play politics and then are "lame duck" until Jan. HopeHoops Jun 2012 #10

People in our congress typically do nothing high density Jun 2012 #11