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Now that the midterm elections are (mostly) over and Congress is reconvening, lawmakers will need to tend to the work they were supposed to have done before the fiscal year ended on Sept. 30. That includes funding the federal government and finalizing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The Heritage Foundation's Thomas Spoehr has seven tips for lawmakers as they consider how to shape the final NDAA.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Not to be melodramatic, but I do happen to think this date will be remembered in history. I don’t know exactly what for, or how exactly it will be taught, but I think that it will be considered the most consequential date of the first quarter of the 21st Century. The results are nearly a lock, and barring some complete deus ex machina level intervention between now and Inauguration Day things are set. Hell I am unsure if there is a mechanism to reverse course if there were bulletproof evidence that proves all the suspicions dropped in our collective laps tomorrow.