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The message is simple. The American people want Republicans not Democrats running the nation’s affairs.
But in the lame duck session, Harry Reid and the Democrats will still be in charge of the Senate. So what is the GOP to do?
From Fox News:
The aptly named lame duck session of Congress will be short this year --- probably about a month.The lame duck session is necessary to keep the government running, but what is done with the lame duck session is the Republican’s choice.
"I don’t think the lame duck session is going to last long," said Darrell West of the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C. think tank. "There will be a lot of members who just want to get out of Dodge. This has been an unhappy election, especially for Democrats."
Sen. Jerry Moran. R-Kan., leader of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said many issues should be left to the new Congress,which begins January 3rd. But, he added, the year-end session will do what it must.
Moran said the lame duck Congress will do the "things that are necessary to operate the government -certainly the appropriations bill is one that will be front and center."
And providing the necessary money to combat Ebola. Many also believe there's support to make sure defense is properly funded while the U.S. is trying to stop radical Islamists from marauding through the Middle East.
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