Lame-duck Congress: What are the issues?

POSTED: 7:17 AM PST November 15, 2012 UPDATED: 7:16 AM PST November 15, 2012

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

John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi — 1 / 14

Larry Downing/Chris Wattie/Reuters

Congress faces a long do-list list as lawmakers return to Capitol Hill for the first time since September for what's known as a "lame-duck" session until the end of the year. Here are some the big issues -- both big and small -- that they're set to address.

John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi

Fiscal cliff notes

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Harry Reid

House Speaker John Boehner, closeup

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Pentagon building

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