In politics, a lame duck or outgoing politician is an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon. An outgoing politician...

between a decision and its implementation. It may also refer to: Lame duck (politics), an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure...

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...

23, 1933. The amendment reduced the presidential transition and the "lame duck" period, by which members of Congress and the president serve the remainder...

in British politics Demissionary cabinet, in Dutch politics Lame duck (politics) Provisional government Rump cabinet, in Dutch politics "The caretaker...

government of Australia - Australian parliamentary system equivalent Lame duck (politics) "Guidelines on the conduct of Ministers, Ministers of State, exempt...

(pre-election period) – similar concept in British parliamentary system Lame duck (politics) "Guidance on Caretaker Conventions". Department of the Prime Minister...

open-source technologies. In July 2008, CodeWeavers launched the Great American Lame Duck Presidential Challenge to encourage President Bush to make the most of...

all its records and documents open and easily accessible by the public. lame duck: a politician who has lost an election, or who is serving their last term...

presidency, with Cho Kuk pledging to turn Yoon into "first a lame duck, then a dead duck". By 14 February 2024, a total of 16 current members of the National...

In Loonatics Unleashed, his descendant is Danger Duck (voiced by Jason Marsden), who is also lame and unpopular to his teammates. A majority of these...

"Amazon Urged To Ban Foie Gras: Animal-Rights Group Calls Retailer A Lame Duck Over Controversial Food". International Business Times. Retrieved 3 April...

47th Congress passed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act during its lame duck session and President Chester A. Arthur, himself a former spoilsman, signed...

Clinton administration to neutralize media portrayals of Bill Clinton as a "lame duck" president by exaggerating that narrative to the point of absurdity. The...

2014. Johnson, Shawn (January 17, 2023). "Lawsuit challenging Wisconsin 'lame duck' law persists more than 4 years after it was passed". Wisconsin Public...

legislature's actions in the lame-duck session had not been unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Supreme Court also endorsed most of the lame-duck laws the legislature...

closest personal advisors of the President's cabinet or administration. lame duck line-item veto A power of the executive to strike or veto individual provisions...

of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, requested a hearing in the lame duck session on links between climate change and Hurricane Sandy, writing along...

legislation that would enroll the amendment later in the year during a lame-duck session. In 2019, a North Carolina judge offered an opinion that the General...

Retrieved May 26, 2021. Millhiser, Ian (January 14, 2021). "Abolish the lame-duck period". Vox. Retrieved May 26, 2021. "IN RE RICE". Findlaw. James L....

Socio-Political Realities – Hilton Hotel Fiasco & Ad Hominem Legislation – Expropriation Law: Fraud on the State & the People! Lame duck Political Leaders...

National Assembly. Commentators described the result as leaving Park a lame duck president, as she may not run again under South Korea's one-term presidency...

require voters to select two senators for the same seat—one to serve in the lame-duck session from November 2022 to January 2023 and another for January 2023...

Allies. Sir Patrick's refusal to call a new election rendered Hertzog a lame duck, after losing a vote of no-confidence he resigned from office. Sir Patrick...

Duterte's popularity was a rarity among Philippine presidents during their lame duck period; by the end of his term, Duterte received his highest SWS approval...

O'Brien and Toni Preckwinkle (who won the primary), putting him in a lame duck stage for the remainder of his board presidency. Preckwinkle would go...

Gallen, the outgoing governor of New Hampshire, who had died during his lame duck period after losing the 1982 election. Her governorship ended when the...

The Thurmond rule in U.S. politics posits that, at some point in a U.S. presidential election year, the U.S. Senate should not confirm the president's...

termination of Mark Esper. This occurred while President Trump was a lame duck. The top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Mac Thornberry...

At their November 22 meeting, Roosevelt told Hoover that if he and the lame duck Congress would pass a farm bill incorporating Roosevelt's farm relief...