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Congress Races to Clear Backlog Before Lame-Duck Session
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In Short: The Republican-controlled 119th Congress is racing against the clock to clear a backlog of legislative duties before Democrats take control of both chambers in January.
The Republican-controlled 119th Congress is racing against the clock to clear a backlog of legislative duties before Democrats take control of both chambers in January.
With only eight weeks left in session, GOP lawmakers are under pressure to pass key bills, including defense spending measures and infrastructure funding.
Gina Hinojosa, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, called for an emergency legislative session in Texas to address data center developments.
Democrats are considering abortion-related bills for the first 100 hours of the 2027 legislative session, including one to legalize abortion nationwide and another to allow federal tax funds for abortion.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson called the outcome of a resolution to extend the legislative session a “missed opportunity.”
What this adds
The upcoming lame-duck session will see Democrats with significant legislative power, allowing them to set an agenda for 2028 and potentially pursue impeachment.
The lame-duck session is the last chance for Senate Republicans to move key priorities before Democrats take control of the Senate in 2027.
Background
The upcoming lame-duck session, beginning Nov. 16, will see Democrats with significant legislative power, allowing them to set an agenda for 2028 and potentially pursue impeachment.
The lame-duck session, beginning Monday, is the last chance for Senate Republicans to move key priorities before Democrats take control of the Senate in 2027.
What's confirmed
- The Republican-controlled 119th Congress is facing a backlog of legislative duties it can no longer ignore – yet it has only eight weeks left in session until Democrats take the helm in both chambers.
- That bill, the BUILD America 250 Act, cleared the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in May but has seen no floor action.
What's still developing
- The HTF funds the maintenance, repair and building of U.S.
- An identical was agreed by the House of Commons in June last year but did not complete all its legislative stages in the House of Lords by the end of the parliamentary session, meaning that it fell and did not become law.
- And if Republicans departing Congress at the end of the year decide not to show up for the lame duck session, they might not have the numbers to even get a simple majority, Harrison said.
- WASHINGTON — Republicans are under the gun to pass defense funding during the lame duck session following a crippling loss in midterm elections, but first they’ll have to square off against emboldened Democrats seeking to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and curb the Iran war.
- Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rushikesh Patel gave this information in the Gujarat Assembly on the final day of the three-day monsoon session on a demand raised by four Congress MLAs, on the steps taken to declare a drought.
- A resolution that would have extended the state’s legislative session, set to end this week, to tackle redistricting fell short of the two-thirds support needed, with five Republicans voting against it.
- With the legislative session due to end Thursday afternoon, lawmakers needed more time to complete the multistep process of passing a new map.
- Legislative leaders say their next voting session will begin Nov. 16, after lawmakers spend the next few months campaigning in their districts.
- Five state legislatures are in regular or special sessions.
- Hinojosa criticized Abbott’s approach but offered few specifics Monday about what regulations she would seek beyond calling lawmakers into a special session.