A Senate in Transition Returns to Work

NPR | By Linda Wertheimer

Published November 13, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The Senate returns for a lame-duck session more active than most. Momentum is building to pass a Homeland Security bill, and Republicans are preparing to retake control of the upper chamber in January. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports.

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