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Lame duck session (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A "lame duck" session of Congress 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...
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After a razor-thin victory over George Bush in 2000, the new President was ultra-cautious. Republicans labeled him “Al Bore” for failing to pursue a muscular foreign policy and for endless consultations with UN members, NATO allies, even potential adversaries such as North Korea ... The Importance of Not Being Nixon...
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Deceit over spying -- prelude to long-term lame-duck president ; - Pete McCloskey, Lewis H. Butler; ... Pete McCloskey represented the Peninsula as a Republican Congressman from 1967 to 1982. Lewis H. Butler was formerly secretary for policy in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the Nixon administration.
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In 1974, impeachment proceedings were initiated against President Nixon, in part because publication of the Pentagon Papers by the New York Times in June 1971, had caused the White House to propose the infamous "Huston Plan" to authorize secret wiretaps and burglaries.
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After him, Former Vice President Nixon, Gov. Carter, Gov. ... George ventures to assess the current President in light of former Presidents, utilizing a methodical rubric of measure to analyze the capabilities of what in all perceptions is a lame duck President with respect to domestic influence and foreign perception.
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Mr Nuzzo branded Mr Bush a "lame duck" who had forfeited the support of senior Republicans.They spoke out after a week in which a former member of Mr Bush's inner circle launched a withering description of how the president had "become more secluded and bubbled-in" with a shrinking band of loyalists.
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