[Gritty]

How come the outgoing Congress gets to vote in the new (old) leaders from the old Congress?

Are they smarter than the new people - or just more susceptible to bullying and threats from the Old Bulls?

[INVAR]

How come the outgoing Congress gets to vote in the new (old) leaders from the old Congress?

Why is the Lame Duck GOP leadership in the current Congress going to vote for an omnibus spending bill FOR AN ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR and fund Obamas entire agenda so as to remove any possibility of the new Congress having the power of the purse???

The answer to that question will answer yours also.