The congressional lame-duck session finally ended Christmas week for both the Senate and the House. The 112th Congress will begin at 12 noon on Wednesday, Jan. 5.
The Senate will conduct the first test vote Monday on the “global tax agreement.” The 3 p.m. cloture vote requires at least 60 votes for the Senate to advance the bill further in Congress.
Members of Congress started out this week conducting symbolic political votes in order to pay back their Democratic base for their support in the past election. The Senate voted and failed to advance the following bills:
