• 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...
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  • been elected Lame duck session, a legislative session that takes place after an election but before newly elected members are seated Lame duck (game design)...
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  • In politics, a lame duck or outgoing politician is an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon. An outgoing politician...
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    long session beginning in Decembers of odd-numbered years, and in a short lame-duck session in December of even-numbered years. The long lame-duck period...
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    life and law practice in Buffalo. He continued to be active in the lame duck session of Congress that followed the 1842 elections and returned to Buffalo...
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  • appropriation bills, has not been completed, Congress will often meet in a lame-duck session, adjourning as late as December 31, before the newly elected Congress...
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  • to come up for voting. Sam's idea that they should try to call a lame-duck session of Congress to pass the Treaty before this happens gets the OK. Communications...
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    asserted that SAFE Banking Plus was likely to be on the agenda in the lame-duck session following the November elections, as did Dow Jones' MarketWatch, while...
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    curb the powers of the incoming Democratic administration during the lame-duck session. In December 2018, Walker signed legislation to strip powers from...
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    Federal Reserve banking systems. On January 25, 1933, during the lame duck session of Congress following the 1932 elections, the Senate passed a version...
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