Lame duck session for 117th Congress. On the agenda are items such as annual National Defense Authorization Act and fiscal year budget, possibly Respect for Marriage Act, Ukraine aid, retirement legislation, debt ceiling, Electoral Count Act reform.
After midterm elections we ended up with same balance of power in Senate, small Republican majority in House. Since outgoing Congress has not passed meaningful federal cannabis reform, status quo seems like bad news, but there are two reasons to be optimistic.