Lame-duck Congress: What are the issues?

POSTED: 07:17 AM PST Nov 15, 2012 UPDATED: 07:16 AM PST Nov 15, 2012

The lame-duck Congress faces a long list of problems to solve by the end of the year.

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Intelligence/Defense -- Congress also faces deadlines to extend the post-9/11 surveillance bill, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, funding for the intelligence community and a bill to authorize defense spending and programs.

John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi

Fiscal cliff notes

Tax forms, taxes, money

Harry Reid

House Speaker John Boehner, closeup

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