Forget “Lame Duck”— We Must Pass the Defense Bill

With election season behind us, the Senate is back in session. Our next few weeks before the year ends and the Biden administration comes to a close are known as the “lame duck period”—a period often marked by complacency as Congress waits for a new administration to begin.

But this year, we cannot afford a lame duck session—that’s because we already had one this summer.

In the months before the ele…