id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-8871 Williams, Corey Washington Hotline 2012-12-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 624 31 61 As Congress returned to Capitol Hill in mid-November, during the “lame duck period” that extends until the conclusion of 112th Congress at the end of the year, all attention will be devoted to the budgetary fiscal cliff our nation is quickly approaching. How- ever, as some members of Congress retired or lost re-election bids, shake-ups will oc- cur as members jockey for key leadership positions on Congressional committees and subcommittees. cache/crln-8871.pdf txt/crln-8871.txt