a lame-duck congress

  • 1The Lame Duck Congress — Infobox Television episode Title = The Lame Duck Congress Series = The West Wing Caption = Season = 2 Episode = 28 Airdate = November 82000 Production = 226206 Writer = Aaron Sorkin (teleplay) Lawrence O Donnell Jr. (story) Director = Jeremy… …

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  • 2Lame duck — can refer to:* Lame duck (politics), an elected official who has lost political power * Lame duck (game design), a player in a game who cannot win, yet remains in the game. * Lame duck (tango), a position in tango * Lame Ducks (TV series), a… …

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  • 3Lame Duck Amendment — Lame Duck Amendment, the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which moved forward the opening of a new Congress to January 3 and the inauguration of a new President to January 20, thus providing the earlier assumption of office by… …

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  • 4Lame duck (politics) — A lame duck is an elected official who loses political power or is no longer responsive to the electorate as a result of *losing an election, or *retiring (choosing not to seek another term), or *a term limit which keeps the official from running …

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  • 5lame-duck — mainly American a lame duck someone, especially an elected official, who cannot influence events any more, often because their job is going to end soon. Having lost control of Congress, he was in danger of becoming a lame duck president. (always… …

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  • 6lame-duck session — /laym duk / (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November. [1930 35, Amer.] * * * …

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  • 7lame-duck session — /laym duk / (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November. [1930 35, Amer.] …

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  • 8Duck and Cover (The West Wing) — Duck and Cover The West Wing episode Episode no. Season 7 Episode 144 Directed by Christopher Misiano Written by …

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  • 9United States Congress — For the current Congress, see 112th United States Congress. United States Congress 112th United States Congress …

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  • 1067th United States Congress — The Sixty seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March …

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