Wait Until Next Year

Here is an Associated Press analysis piece on a standard phenomenon at this point in the political cycle, especially when there's a lame-duck president in the White House. It is difficult to move any major initiatives through the Congress, especially in a Congress such as the current one, where the lame-duck president faces opposition majorities in both houses.

The flip side of that coin is that an incoming president feels the need to move quickly to get his initiatives through the legislative process, before this end-of-term sluggishness sets in again. That will be something to watch for next January when of course, one way or the other, there will be a new president