Lame Duck Results Are Lackluster, So Far

摘要

The focus in the first week of the congressional postelection session was on both parties' new leadership lineups for 2007, particularly for House Democrats. But in terms of bills passed, the lame duck's record so far has been poor. With Congress slated to return in December for perhaps only one week, construction industry officials say the odds for passing pending bills are hard to handicap.