lame duck
Example Sentences
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Lame-duck lawmakers are scrambling to act on last-minute — and mostly critical and contentious — issues before the 103rd General Assembly is sworn in on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2023
Lame-duck sessions of Congress are often regarded with an indifference befitting an afterthought, the tidying up of mostly minor matters.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022
Lame-duck periods often feature a flurry of rule and regulatory changes.
From Salon • Nov. 18, 2020
Lame-duck sessions are always conducted in an awkward environment that throws House and Senate members who have just suffered painful political losses together with those who won.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2014
Lame-duck sessions can be oddly productive, especially when the party that just lost the election uses its final days in power to push last-ditch legislative priorities.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2014
