...that lame-duck sessions need to be abolished to stop them from being abused.

That article pointed out that lame ducks have typically gotten off their derrieres and gotten more work done when they knew they wouldn't have another 2 years, but I imagine suspicion that days were numbered would act much the same way.

Did EVERY damned law and rule passed governing our government since inception come about after conservative abuses made it necessary? It sure seems like it.

As we have increasingly learned over the past few years under Republican control, there are a LOT of things that Presidents and Congress have done as a matter of existing norms/traditions and not codified law that Republicans have decided to take advantage of to thwart Democratic Presidents and lawmakers from enacting progressive policies supported by the public/maintain control even while in the minority. Because of this, a large body of laws enacted/supported by the Democrats never made it to former President Obama's desk for his signature, numerous judicial and executive nominees languished unapproved in the Senate, and, most notably, President Obama never got to pick a third Supreme Court Justice to fill the seat of the deceased Antonin Scalia even though the vacancy occurred during a period of time during which he was still the President and the Senate had adequate time to hold hearings, evaluate his nomination, and, ultimately, hold a vote on it. Unless the Republicans are completely shut out of the legislative process to where they can't obstruct it and/or return to respecting the previous norms and traditions (which is rather unlikely), it seems like some major reforms are going to be needed in order to return to a more democratic tradition of governance in Congress. The Trump Presidency has also called into question some of the power and privileges of the office of the Presidency as well, which needs to be re-evaluated.

Thank goodness we got 7 more governors and majorities in more legislatures. I'm sure they're all watching and taking notes on what has to be done to protect their states.

Also, of course, nationally H.R. 1, our democracy reform legislative package to be introduced first thing. Unfortunately, we'll only be able to do a few things with only a house majority, but 2020's coming fast. Then the major reforms.

But nationally at least we're needing to plug "holes" that for 230 years weren't problems because the people sent to Washington just didn't do these things.

Republicans are why we can't have nice things.