Interesting ... potential DoD bill clusterfu*k

[Mr.K]

Regarding the Senate's intention for a short lame-duck: "the best laid plans of mice and men..."

CNN is definitely right to point out that election results will bear heavily on the lame-duck. Big Democrat wins could mean that almost nothing happens, for instance (the Senate Democrats would filibuster every bill in this scenario, knowing that they could return in a few weeks and pass those same bills in a fashion much more to their liking with the enhanced majorities won in November).