{
  "id": 18125558,
  "title": "You're lame ducks now — take the hard votes while you can",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/youre-lame-ducks-now-take-the-hard-votes-while-you-can",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T12:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/6192386-congressional-deficit-spending-consequences/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The campaign ads are gone from my television, and I'm grateful. The price tag is harder to forget. OpenSecrets projected the 2026 midterms at $11.9 billion, which would be a record for any midterm. That is more than four times the $2.9 billion the EPA announced in May to help states replace lead pipes. We...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}