A treaty may remain open at the end of a Congress and be considered in a future Congress.

Republicans said they assumed future Congresses would vote to extend the tax cuts.

That deduction, however, would disappear after 2006 if a future Congress did not extend it.

But that is often looked upon as the problem of a future Congress - a future deficit.

And future Congresses change everything to fit new circumstances.

He predicted that the business of future Congresses "would relate to a few great national objects only."

These would produce huge deficits, forcing a future Congress to shortchange infrastructure, children and research.

Could future Congresses change the rules if they wanted to attach strings to the money?

A future Congress controlled by the Democrats would doubtless do much more.

It decided to hold future Congresses every other year.