The D.C. Council gets back to business today after a long summer break, but as the lame-duck legislative session moves forward, certain consequential issues might be pushed to the back burner — at least until the new council and mayor take power.

“I think there may be one or two things that because there’s such turnover you wouldn’t want to vote on if they can wait,” said Adrian Fenty, the Ward 4 council member and Democratic nominee for mayor. “Those will come up.”