No Precedent in Modern History for Outgoing House Majority Passing Omnibus Appropriations Bill in Lame-Duck Session

Lame-Duck Omnibus Would Double Down on Stagflation

It’s official: Republicans have won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The clock is ticking on the 117th Congress, whose final session, an infamous lame-duck session, recently commenced.

It’s expected to be a busy time on Capitol Hill for Democrats as they seek to take as much ground as possible before Republicans take the House speaker’s gavel Jan. 3. A chief goal for congressional Democrats (and, it must be said, several Senate Republicans) in the lame duck will be to pass an omnibus appropriations bill that funds the government through fiscal year 2023.

Snatching the power of the purse away from the House Republicans the American people just sent to Washington to represent them, however, would be a gross violation of the people’s interests and democratic norms. It also would violate historical precedent.

Since 1994, control of the House has changed hands in four midterm election cycles (1994, 2006, 2010, and 2018). Never before has the outgoing House majority passed an omnibus appropriations bill during the lame-duck session following the election.

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