The farm bill expired on Sunday, and by Monday the anticipated recriminations were flying. Various statements and tweets from the Democratic leadership targeted at the "do-nothing" Republican House for not passing a farm bill. Responses from the Republican leadership chastised the Democratic Senate for protecting food stamp spending while neglecting to take up a disaster assistance bill that passed the House. The farm bill, however, is just one of many items that Congress could face in a lame duck session after the 6 November elections. Others include:
The Defense Reauthorization Act -- like the farm bill, only annual -- establishes Pentagon programs. Failure to reauthorize leaves U.S. operations in Iraq without a mission or money. R...
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