Dem lame-duck agenda shrinking fast after Election Day 'shellacking'

By Alexander Bolton - 11/08/10 05:00 AM ET

Democratic allies are not optimistic about their legislative priorities getting done in the lame-duck session after Democratic candidates got pummeled on Election Day.

Senate Democrats had discussed as many as 20 bills up for consideration during the lame-duck session, the period between the Nov. 2 election and Christmas.
In the wake of a midterm election that President Obama called a “shellackingâ€