According to the Senate calendar, the Senate is back in session November 15-19, off for Thanksgiving Week, and then reconvenes again on November 29 "until business is complete." The House is expected to follow a similar "lame duck" session.
While the Bush tax cuts in general, and the capital gains tax cuts in particular, are crucial items for investors to follow, note that the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program is set to expire on November 30. If it is not extended, 1.2 million unemployed workers will lose their federal jobless benefits during the December holiday season that is so critical for the retail sector (anyone remember 2008?), and nearly 5 million Americans will have their benefits lapse over the next several months.
This lame duck Congress will have its hands full when it reconvenes.
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