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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.
This session was commonly called the "lame-duck session". Criticism of this process led to the passage of the Twentieth Amendment in 1933, which moved the beginning of the new Congress to January 3 and the inauguration of the president to January 20, thus shortening the lame duck period.
Special sessions sometimes met earlier in the year, but this never became a regular practice, despite the Constitution allowing for it. In practice, Congress usually met in a long session beginning in Decembers of odd-numbered years, and in a short lame-duck session in December of even-numbered years. [5]
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 ...
(The Center Square) – After the new year, Illinois legislators are scheduled back to wrap up the 103rd General Assembly. The so-called “lame duck” session is also a time when some warn ...
A lame-duck legislative session occurs following an election when retiring and defeated lawmakers use their final days in power to act before the newly elected group of lawmakers replaces them.
State Rep. Jed Davis, R-Newark, said he’s excited for the so-called “lame duck session.” “So I’m like, ‘let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work,’” Davis told The Center Square ...
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