Sentences with phrase «duck session because»

The governor then reversed himself on that, saying the Senate recounts, which could continue into 2011, shouldn't impact a lame duck session because the current members of the Senate are all in office through the end of the year, although what would motivate those who are leaving to show up in Albany just days after Thanksgiving is a little hard to figure out.

Pay raises are usually the stuff of lame duck sessions because sitting lawmakers can only give a raise to their successor crop.

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The former Westchester County congressman said the no - so lame duck session in 2010 was «good» for Gillibrand because it produced results, thanks to the president's pragmatic approach, adding:

That can has been kicked down the road into the next Congress because legislators couldn't agree on the 2011 budget in their current lame - duck session.

I'm going to share it here, because, of all the tidbits in the book, it's the one that I find myself using on a regular basis, on those days when I'm tempted to duck out of my scheduled exercise session!