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  2. Lame duck (politics) - Wikipedia

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    Lame duck politicians result from term limits, planned retirement, or electoral losses, and are especially noticeable where political systems build in a delay between the announcement of results and the taking of office by election winners. Even at the local level, politicians who do not seek re-election can lose credibility and influence.

  3. Lame-duck session - Wikipedia

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    A lame-duck session of Congress in the United States occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the successor's term begins. The expression is now used not only for a special session called after a sine die adjournment, but also for any portion of a regular session that falls after an election.

  4. Lame duck - Wikipedia

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    Lame duck session, a legislative session that takes place after an election but before newly elected members are seated; Lame duck (game design), a player in a game who cannot win, yet remains in the game; Lame Ducks, a British sitcom; Lame Duck Amendment, an informal name for the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution

  5. Opinion - The lame-duck Congress will be a disaster for Team ...

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    The “other” lame duck sessions when they did avoid appropriations measures occurred in 1994, 1998, 2008 and 2012. That is a staggering record of dysfunction and incompetence by both parties.

  6. Costly Illinois lame duck session ‘irresponsible’ for ...

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    During the four-day lame duck session that included the capital city being hit with a blizzard, legislators approved a slew of new bills ready to be sent to the governor. One dealt with orders of ...

  7. Push on to end lame duck sessions at Ohio Statehouse - AOL

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    A lame duck session comes after an election for new lawmakers but before those new members are sworn into office. This year, Ohio’s lame duck session ended this week with a flurry of activity ...

  8. What to know about the congressional push to expand some ...

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    The Social Security bill on Tuesday won bipartisan support in the House, 327-75, in what is now the lame-duck period for Congress. The bill now heads to the Senate, where passage is not assured ...

  9. What lame duck president Joe Biden can still do before he ...

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    In two and a half months, President-Elect Donald Trump will enter the Oval Office as the 47th president of the US.. The Biden Administration is now in a mad dash to Trump-proof their ...