Congress Adjourns to Campaign for November Elections; Will Return During Lame Duck Period
October 4, 2010
Congress Adjourns to Campaign for November Elections; Will Return During Lame Duck Period
Congress has left Washington to begin campaigning in earnest for the November 2nd elections, but will return later next month to wrap up unfinished business during a lame duck session.
There are as many as 20 pieces of legislation that the House and Senate will act on during the lame duck period. Following is a list of bills that are competing for floor time:
- Extension of Bush tax cuts
- Defense Department authorization
- DREAM Act
- Senate bill to pre-exempt EPA action on carbon emissions
- Spending bills (12 appropriations bills or an omnibus)
- Tax extenders package
- Renewable electricity standards
- START treaty
- Medicare physician payments
- Unemployment insurance benefits
- Cybersecurity
- Child Nutrition
- Food Safety
- China currency
- FAA multiyear authorization
- Mine safety
- South Korea trade pact
- NASA authorization
- Education Act reauthorization
- Intelligence authorization
NMPF has been aggressively engaged in eight (bolded) of the twenty bills pending on issues that directly impact the dairy industry, and will be prepared to reengage on them when the House and Senate return to Capitol Hill.
