THE 2014 MID-TERM ELECTIONS: MORE CHANGES, MORE UNCERTAINTY
The national elections of 2014 are now part of political history, but what do the upcoming, dramatic changes in Congress mean for the NPMHU and its membership?
Even as this Update is being printed, the lame-duck session of the 113th Congress is meeting for its final session in Washington, DC, and almost no one knows what will happen in the next two weeks. So how can anyone accurately predict what will happen over the next two years, during the 114th Congress in 2015 and 2016? The only certainty is continuing uncertainty, with both Houses of Congress under Republican control, while the Obama Administration works through its last two years running the Executive Branch. More than usual, it remains dangerous to predict legislative and political outcomes, but there are some changes that will occur immediately when the new 114th Congress convenes during the first week of January 2015.
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