Long list of unfinished Senate business includes defense policy bill

By Dan Friedman

November 5, 2012

Whatever happens Tuesday, Congress will return to a long lame duck agenda. In addition to big-ticket questions like averting sequestration and addressing expiring tax cuts, there are plenty of low-profile items.

Below is a list of unfinished legislative items created by staff in the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. The length of the list ensures many items will not be completed in this Congress.

Sportsmen's
Boxer-Menendez
SAFER and FIRE Grants
Cybersecurity
Defense authorization
Russia trade
Judges
Farm bill
Disabilities treaty
Tax extenders
FISA reauthorization
VAWA conference
Congressional review
Credit union lending
Intel authorization
Water Resources Development
Rural housing
TAG program (FDIC insurance)
Children¹s Hospitals GME reauthorization
Tax treaties
A public lands package
The Law of the Sea treaty
Miscellaneous Tariff Bill
Carcieri Fix
Doc fix/health extenders
2001/2003/2009 tax cuts

By Dan Friedman

November 5, 2012

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