Lawmakers head back to work after midterm. So what can they get done during the Lame Duck session before *** new Congress is sworn in will be facing *** few budget deadlines. Lawmakers will need to fund the government to avoid *** shutdown. The current spinning measure in December 16, and they will also need to take action on the debt ceiling or the country risk defaulting on its loans. Senate democrats may try to push through *** bill that would protect same sex and interracial marriages or the election reform measure, but it might not be easy to maintain the bipartisan support to pass these measures, especially if republicans with majority in the House or Senate, they would have more leverage over what's in those bills come january In Washington, I'm Kayla Norwood.