START, the DREAM Act, middle-class tax cuts, ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ — President Obama hopes to address these issues in the remainder of the lame-duck session. “This is not a totally exhaustive list . . . I know I’m probably leaving out more than I’m mentioning,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters at the White House. Democrats, he said, “have plenty of work left to do. I think we also have plenty of time.”