The budget's an important issue coming out of the lame duck session.

It's impossible to say what will happen in the lame duck session, or beyond.

Congress has held 16 lame duck sessions since 1940.

Since 1935, this second means of bringing about a lame duck session has been used on 11 occasions.

In either case, the post-election meeting of Congress would be considered a lame duck session.

No lame duck session since 1935 has occurred through this means.

Congress convened the lame duck session on November 16, 1970.

The issue came to a head during the lame duck session of the 111th Congress.

We confirmed 20 nominations during the lame duck session in 2002.

But if Congress goes into a lame duck session, there's no certainty.