Now, we did that in December during the lame duck on the tax cut issue.
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The phrase "lame duck" itself came into use in the U.S. Congress in the early 1800s.
There is now a lame duck government in Portugal, with elections expected within three months.
How will Democrats get a lame duck administration to support whatever proposal they eventually put forth?
The defeated, lame duck Herbert Hoover saw a banking crisis emerging and wanted to stop it.
Unfortunately, that accord was subsequently, and scandalously, approved by the Senate during its lame duck session.
It's possible that the election has changed the dynamic for this "lame duck" Congress.
Mr Rutte is a lame duck after resigning when the budget negotiations broke down.
Will the GOP concede and compromise in the critical pre-fiscal cliff lame duck period?
That would mean convincing the lame duck Congress to quietly pass a one or two year increase.
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Some have labeled Ryan a "lame duck, " a placeholder for whomever Idzik decides to hire next offseason.
And so one thing I hope people have seen during this lame duck -- I am persistent.
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The GOP could also gain "lame duck" control if Republican challenger Jim Talent defeats Missouri Democratic Sen.
Such an outcome may not happen during this week's lame duck session of the expiring 110th Congress.
The council wants the lame duck session of Congress to keep the funding target at 92% for 2009.
The House leaders say they will expel him during the lame duck session if he doesn't resign first.
The Bush Administration lacks economic vision and energy, and "Lame Duck" is writ large across the White House.
Thus our collective financial fate is likely to be left to the actions of a lame duck Congress.
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And as from Senator Voinovich, is there any indication that this could happen in the lame duck session?
By prolonging the suspense about his intentions, Mr Uribe has managed to avoid becoming a prematurely lame duck.
Ahmadinejad, with a year left in his second term, was a lame duck.
In 2000, an 18-year veteran of Congress switched parties as an apparent parting shot by a "disappointed" lame duck.
If that were to happen during Mr Duisenberg's years, he might seem a lame duck, with little public support.
The phrase "lame duck" may imply ineffectiveness, but it's really not right to think of a post-election Congress as weak.
But that will give us time to act in -- potentially during the lame duck session to change this policy.
Would he be concerned at all about a major immigration bill passed, finalized, sent to his desk from lame duck?
Because the time for presidential pardons of controversial people is in the lame duck period, after a president is leaving office.
Speaking after their meeting, John Kelly said they told the cardinal that they considered him to be "a lame duck leader".
But Mr Abbas contended then and later that Mr Olmert was a lame duck, facing corruption charges and poised to resign.
Kennedy has not decided whether he will attend the "lame duck" session of the Senate following next week's elections, Coley said.
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