2006-11-10 04:07:49 · 7 answers · asked by Answer chick 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
A lame duck session refers to that legislative session between the election and when the new legislature takes office. Many members will not be returning, either because they lost the election or because they are retiring.
The session that runs until noon on January 3rd will be the Republicans' last chance for at least two years to get legislation through Congress. Democrats will try to stall as much as possible so that they can pass bills more to their liking in the new Congress.
2006-11-10 04:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by skip 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lame duck is a president who has already served two terms and is on his way out of the presidency. So lame duck season would be the second term the president is in office usually refers to the last few years or months of a the second term.
At this time in the presidency, the president tries to get laws and bills passed in the interest of the current party.
2006-11-10 04:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lame duck is an elected official who is no longer responsive to the electorate as a result of (a) a term limit which keeps him from running for that office again, (b) losing an election, or (c) 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. Lame duck officials also tend to have less political power as other elected officials see less advantage in cooperating with them.
On the other hand, lame duck presidents 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.
The term originated in the 1700s regarding stockbrokers who could not meet their debts. It was transferred to politicians in the 1860s.
2006-11-10 04:18:58 · answer #3 · answered by phantomlimb7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Lame Duck session is when the president in office is in his last days and another president has been elected. SO basically any type of legislature he pushes for he tries to get passed before the next one takes office
2006-11-10 04:11:51 · answer #4 · answered by whisperingwillie2000 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No these people are wrong. Lame Duck president means that since our president is a hardcore republican and the democrats just took over power in the house of representitives and senate, it will be almost impossible to get laws passed that the republicans are in favor of and vice versa. Thank god.
2006-11-10 04:16:33 · answer #5 · answered by foxfire101 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is where they bring an injured duck onto the Congressional floor and talk about animal rights.
2006-11-10 04:11:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pretty much nothing....they're lame.
2006-11-10 04:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋