Can the Senate hold symbolic votes on issues of national importance during a lame duck session

Congress Extends Gov. Funding Through 2024 Election into High-Stakes Lame-Duck Session ... Congress passed a short-term Continuing Resolution agreement to ... Oct 23, 2022 ... Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has predicted an “extremely busy” lame duck session – the period of time after the midterms and before a ... Oct 9, 2024 ... The Senate this year will be taking final confirmation votes in a post-presidential election lame duck session. Lame Duck Sessions (1940-Present) ... The 1933 Amendment changed the convening date for a new Congress to January 3 of odd-numbered years, shortening the time ... Nov 19, 2024 ... Lawmakers punted potential votes on the farm bill into the lame duck session that began this week. Democrats hoped wins in the November ... Jul 29, 2024 ... Congress has held 24 lame duck sessions since the implementation of the Twentieth Amendment. From the first modern lame duck session in 1940 to ... Nov 12, 2024 ... Key Developments and Upcoming Priorities in Michigan's Lame Duck Session ... As the year winds down, Michigan's legislative committees are racing ... Dec 19, 2022 ... Any meeting of one or both chambers of Congress that takes place after a November election and before the first day of the new Congress's term ... Nov 18, 2022 ... ... executive vice president of public finance, looks ahead to what tax legislation might be coming in Congress' lame-duck session. Lame Duck Legislation of Interest ... Legislation seeking to include pawnbrokers in the Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA) passed out of a Senate committee last ...