“Lame Duck” Shouldn’t Equal “Last Chance”

Charlotte Davis /

Ducks in front of the Capitol

There have been several press accounts lately outlining Democratic plans to hold off on taking difficult votes before November, and then to have a robust “lame duck” session in November and December, where they can get the rest of their liberal agenda and pork passed.

I couldn’t think of a worse idea for America.

Not only are cap and trade, card check, and ratification of the START being thrown around as possibly getting legislative action during the lame duck , there will also be a need to wrap up the appropriations process, the process that determines $3.6 trillion worth of federal spending every year.

A better idea for America, and Americans’ pocketbooks, is instead to look at the 2006/2007 transition as a model.  By the time the 2006 elections rolled around, only two appropriations bills (those funding the departments of Homeland Security and Defense) had become law, and the rest of the federal government was being funded through a continuing resolution (CR), which maintains the level of spending of the previous year. (more…)