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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.
As the 2016 election heat up, many people are asking what a 'lame duck' president is and why the newly election president doesn't take office immediately?
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.
Because Article I, Section 4, Clause 2 mandated a Congressional meeting every December, after the election but before Congressional terms of office had expired, a lame-duck session was required by the Constitution in even-numbered years; the next session was not required until the next December, meaning new members of Congress might not begin ...
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.
The so-called lame-duck session — the period from Election Day until the new president takes office the following January — occasionally produces some interesting surprises. There’s also a ...
After the election, an outgoing president is commonly referred to as a lame-duck president. A transition can also arise intra-term if a president dies, resigns or is removed from office, though the period may be very short.
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 ...