Government funding, disaster relief and energy permitting could all be complicated by year-end partisan angling.

Welcome to the lame duck, when the 118th Congress has less than two months to get some work done before ... is so little time ...

The likely GOP sweep of the House, Senate and White House has dampened expectations for health care policy riding in a lame-duck package.

Congress has a short but important to-do list as lawmakers return to Washington this coming week for what is known as a lame-duck session ... 118th Congress: Just before lawmakers left Washington ...

Lawmakers Prepare for Final Lame-Duck Sprint Before Making Way for Next Congress ... to meet immediate needs and would at the appropriate time "act in a bipartisan fashion to supply what is ...