Congress's lame duck session began yesterday.

国会的跛鸭会期于昨天开始。

Congress holds a " lame duck session" after an election -- important laws are not passed during this period.

议会在选举后会经历一段瘸鸭时期。这段时间不会通过重要的法律。

He's been considering taking executive action making controversial changes to U.S. immigration law, and he may act during Congress's lame duck session.

他对于美国移民法律做出的具有争议的行政改革一直饱受质疑, 而且他可能在跛鸭会期期间有所动作。

Hopefully, it may spill over the dinner and the medias' focus is gonna be what we need to get under the lame duck session.

希望我们的投机者会议所谈论的可能成为晚餐和媒体的焦点。

The President's support is expected to encourage its passage in the Senate, possibly in the current lame duck session which wraps up in early January.

预计总统的支持将促使该法案在参议院获得通过，可能会在明年1月初结束的现行跛鸭会中获得通过。

I reiterated my commitment to get the START Treaty done during the lame duck session and I communicated to Congress that it is a top priority.

我在任期将满议员的会议上重申了自己的承诺, 让条约开始而且我也传达给了国会这一首要任务。

Because it's a treaty, it has to be ratified by the U.S.Congress, and that is one of the things that'll be brought up in Congress' lame duck session, which starts today and ends in December.

因为它是一份条约, 所以必须得到美国国会的批准, 而其中一份被提交国会从今天开始于12月结束的任期将满议员议会。