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Lame Duck Congress Has Work To Do

Lame Duck Congress Has Work To Do

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The US House is back in Washington this week in the lame duck session following this month’s election.

South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem says she says there are some priority issues that need attention now, and in the new Congress in January…

 

Noem says with the new republican majority in the Senate, she expects regulation reform to be another major debate…

 

Noem says she expects Congress to begin functioning again early next year…

 

Congress has to, at minimum, pass a continuing resolution to fund the government through early next year.

 

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