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Skriven 2007-06-30 21:45:47 av Joe Bruchis (1:3828/12)
Ärende: lame duck
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Hello everybody.


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"lame duck" session - When Congress (or either chamber) reconvenes in an
even-numbered year following the November general elections to consider various
items of business. Some lawmakers who return for this session will not be in
the next Congress. Hence, they are informally called "lame duck" Members
participating in a "lame duck" session.
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 lame duck is an elected official who loses political power or is no longer
responsive to the electorate as a result of

    * a term limit which keeps him from running for that particular office
again,
    * losing an election, or
    * the elimination of the official's office, but who continues to hold
office until the end of the official's term.

Lame duck officials are in the peculiar position of not facing the consequences
of their actions in the next election, meaning they are generally considered
not accountable for their actions. They also tend to have less political power
as other elected officials see less advantage in cooperating with them. On the
other hand, lame duck executives, particularly Presidents of the United States,
are notorious for issuing a series of executive orders or making appointments
during their last days that they would not otherwise have made if it would have
influenced the vote against them
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United States

Any president of the United States who had been twice elected to the office
since the 22nd amendment introduced term limits is, by the above definition, a
lame duck for his entire second term, as he is prohibited from seeking
re-election. However, presidents are not usually considered to be lame ducks
until the election of their successor, possibly because *presidents may be
influenced by doing what the electorate wants to help their party retain the
White House, even if they can't remain president personally.*
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So since his party no longer supports him, and Congress is a majority,
Democrats, was the main reason I called him a lame duck. Maybe he can make a
current version of "Duck Soup" with the Bush Brothers instead of the Marx
Brothers. (-:

I'm pushing a gigawatt, now!

-=[Joe]=-

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