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    Lame-Duck Congress: Legislative Logjam or Bipartisan Turnaround?

    Dec 01, 2010 09:01 PM EDT

    Capitol Hill lawmakers spent Wednesday behind various closed doors, working on the fate of key issues in the lame-duck session such as tax cuts, jobless benefits and the New START treaty. Gwen Ifill gets insight about what can be accomplished before Congress adjourns from Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo.

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    New START Treaty a Top Priority For Democrats in Lame-Duck Session

    Nov 17, 2010 09:30 PM EDT

    ... Dmitry Medvedev that he wanted Senate action soon. U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:I reiterated my commitment to get the START treaty done during the lame-duck session.And I have communicated to Congress that it is a top priority.MARGARET WARNER: Now it appears the president will go empty ...

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    Lame-Duck Congress Reconvenes as Rangel Leaves Own Trial

    Nov 15, 2010 11:16 PM EDT

    On Monday, Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel walked out of his own ethics trial, the 111th Congress reconvened and newly elected members attended orientation. Kwame Holman has an overview then Ray Suarez gets more on what to expect from the lame-duck session with Richard Norton Smith and Norm Ornstein.

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    Political Checklist: Lame Duck Confit

    Nov 15, 2010 07:16 PM EDT

    DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s455dqfc4', 'news01s455dqfc4', '29'); Today is the first day of the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress. What will (and what won't) they accomplish in the next few months before a new, more Republican Congress is sworn in? Gwen Ifill briefs Hari Sreenivasan on the Congress' four ...

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    Rangel's Ethics Trial, Lame Duck Begin

    Nov 15, 2010 01:26 PM EDT

    Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. File photo by Getty Images. As dozens of newly-elected members of Congress arrive this week for freshmen orientation, one veteran lawmaker begins his fight to save his job. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., after months of investigations, will finally have his ethics trial on Capitol Hill Monday. Rangel will represent himself against...

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    Shields and Brooks on Tax Cuts, Debt, Lame-Duck Congress, Bush Book

    Nov 12, 2010 11:15 PM EDT

    Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks sort through the top political stories, including the debate over extending tax cuts, prospects for the lame-duck Congress, criticism of debt commission ideas and former President Bush's new book.

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    Loyal LA Times Readers Lament Cuts at Paper

    Aug 07, 2008 10:50 PM EDT

    NewsHour Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming laments the newsroom cuts and budget woes of her hometown newspaper, the Los Angeles Times.

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