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Congress Works to Wrap Up Lame-Duck Session

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By David Welna

Published November 15, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

House members work into Friday's early morning hours to wrap up the year's unfinished business. But the Senate expects its part of the lame-duck legislative session to continue into next week. NPR's David Welna reports.

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