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December 6, 2022
Grace Segers
The Expanded Child Tax Credit Is Back—
Barely
Some Democrats hope to get a revived version of the popular policy into a government funding package. Here’s what needs to happen in the coming days for this plan to succeed.
December 2, 2022
Grace Segers
The Lame-Duck Fight to Fix America’s Mental Health Crisis Is Going Down to the Wire
Lawmakers hope that a bipartisan measure to shore up much-needed health care provisions can make it into the still-being-negotiated omnibus spending bill.
November 21, 2022
Jason Linkins
Guess What, It’s Abolish-the-Debt-Ceiling O’Clock (Again)
If the Democrats don’t use the lame-duck session to take this economic doomsday device out of the incoming GOP’s hands, God help us all.
December 2, 2020
Matt Ford
The Most Unpardonable Presidential Power
Donald Trump is taking lame-duck pardons to obscene new levels, but he had a boost from his predecessors.
November 7, 2020
Matt Ford
Trump Has Never Been More Dangerous Than He Is Now
There’s a lot of damage he can do to America during the lame-duck period before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
September 10, 2020
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The Politics of Everything
Dangers of the Lame Duck
A guide to the three most unpredictable months in politics
April 25, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
The Two Chances for Immigration Reform to Pass This Year
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