With the House lame duck session dates now reduced to Tuesday and Wednesday, the question on many minds is how much will still be accomplished before January? The answer, a MIRS source confirmed, is next to nothing. The Republican-led Senate and House leadership have abandoned cutting any late deals and are content to give some goodbye speeches, push through some last-minute dogs and cats, maybe put up some controversial bills that'll likely get vetoed and go home. It is unlikely there will be movement on the House Ethics Commission bill or prescription drug reduction package that House Speaker Jason Wentworth
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