The issue came to a head in late 2010, during a lame-duck session of the 111th Congress.

"Unless we get into tax stuff in the lame-duck session, it will be next year," he said.

Right now we've got to get through a lame-duck session.

Republican leaders said today that they would wait out the lame-duck session to see what the Democrats do.

But committees will not be a significant factor in the lame-duck session.

November 1, 2010 This year's lame-duck session has the potential to be one of the most controversial in recent memory.

The first test may come, even this month in the lame-duck session, over the domestic security legislation.

This week's lame-duck session, the first in 12 years, brought members together for a vote on the global trade agreement.

If it does not come up in the lame-duck session, Congress could still appropriate money next year.

There has not been a lame-duck session of Congress since 1982.