GOP leaders face challenge from lame-duck lawmakers in both parties

Lame-duck lawmakers in the lower chamber are going out with guns blazing. In a series of extraordinary moves ahead of the midterms, soon-to-depart members forced votes on long-shot impeachments, carried discharge petitions over the top, and hopped the aisle to help the opposing party secure legislative wins — all in defiance of their own leaders....
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