Congress returns to Washington next week to kick off the 2016 lame duck session. Freed from reelection duties, members face the same issues they left back in September. A budget must be passed. Energy and WRDA bills must be conferenced. But what we don't know is what impacts the coming Trump administration will have on the final chapter of the 114th Congress. Republicans are likely to hold out a bit more in negotiations, hoping to force Democrats into accepting whatever terms are offered, or face trying to begin again in the new year, with Republicans in control of the White House, Senate, and House of Representatives. However, there is little left for Democrats to lose politcally, so any deals on the budget, energy, or WRDA will likely have to include at least some items from Democrats' wish lists in order to pass.
