NUMBER OF THE WEEK: 4 Percent.
The chance that Democrats will hold on to their majority
in the Senate after tonight's election results are tallied (or
possibly not until after a Dec. 6 runoff in Louisiana), according
to a Washington Post
election model.
LAME-DUCK LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE
The Post-Election Extender-Ganza. For those of
you who've waited patiently for tax extenders to return to the
legislative limelight, the time is nigh. Regardless of the outcome
of today's midterm elections, leaders in both the House and
Senate have repeatedly said they will deal with the nearly 60
expired tax breaks during the lame-duck session.
But the question is how? A partisan battle over the
amendment process — or lack thereof — blocked passage
of the EXPIRE Act (S. 2260, offered as an amendment in the nature
of a substitute for H.R. 3474) in the Senate last spring after it
passed out of the Finance Committee with bipartisan support. The
EXPIRE Act extends all 55 currently
