LEGISLATIVE ISSUES — CAN A LAME DUCK FLY?

But they don’t call it ‘Lame Duck’ for nothing. The Democrats’ overwhelming takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives and shocking Senate majority on mid-term election day last month left Republicans dazed and perhaps confused enough to knock off early for Christmas recess.

“I don’t think any of the four principle members of Congress are keen on letting this reform issue roll over to a future Congress,” Cooper notes. “There is a willingness on the part of the four to get it done.