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Besides, she says, business in the White House has not slowed down because of the campaign. There is the lame duck session of Congress to prepare for, and of course, those plans for the next four years
Both Thomson and Neustadt said that a Reagan victory might expedite release of the hostages by the end of Carter's lame-duck presidency. Thomson said the Iranians may wish to settle the situation before the "new duck" takes the oath, while Neustadt stressed that Carter would probably want to leave office with the resolution of the crisis to his credit...
...first postelection session in a presidential-election year since 1948, to have another go at deciding how much the Government can really spend and how big a deficit it can run during the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Chances are strong that the lame-duck session will not accomplish much. Not until some time after a new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, and President Carter or President Reagan is inaugurated on Jan. 20, will some Government departments and agencies know what they can legally spend during the fiscal year that began last week...
...much federal departments and agencies can spend after Dec. 15 will depend on the lame-duck session of Congress; and though it likely will pass some appropriations bills, it probably will have to put through another continuing resolution to enable much of the Government to function. The session will be attended by some 40 Senators and Representatives who are retiring, plus many others who will have been defeated for reelection. If Carter is reelected, Congress will stall until he can shape his plans for a second term. If Reagan wins, Congress will also stall, until the new President gets...
Although the Senate has already passed its version of the measure and the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the bill during its November "lame duck" session, "Harvard is damned concerned that the differences on the Hill and political obstacles may threaten" the legislation, Parker L. Coddington, director of government relations, said yesterday...