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Can Wallace at Eurasia Group has a wonderful resume and pedigree, the former Assistant Secretary

for Legislative Affairs at the Treasury Department, he took the Alexander Hamilton Award, which is not

for singing on Broadway. But Kim Wallace joins us here with that interesting mix that you see in

Washington.

Kim, what is the mix of a Lane Duck session?

What really happens?

What happens, Tom, is the two sides come together

and either have their

lick their wounds or celebrate triumphs perceived and real

and then they attempt to agree on a bare bones agenda

so that they can get out of town

with that causing too much harm.

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