November 13, 2006: Convening a Lame Duck Senate

The Senate reconvened this afternoon at 14:00 eastern, at which time it began a period of morning business.

I have checked in on CSPAN-2 a couple of times now and all I've seen are quorum calls (basically an abeyance, where there aren't any senators on the floor wishing to speak). So, as of 15:55 it's been a quiet day in the Senate. I did note that the House, in action on CSPAN, is debating the US-Vietnam free trade pact. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH) highlighted several reasons why the agreement would hurt the wellbeing of Vietnamese citizens, peasants in particular: private competition with gov't, encroachment of multinational corps., etc.