Sentences with phrase «lame duck congressmen»
To its credit, Kushner's script does not shy away from the dubiously ethical machinations employed by Lincoln's cabinet, including bribing lame duck congressmen with cushy appointments.
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Instead the strongest opinions we heard on the issue this weekend came from man on the street interviews, the occasional Congressman, lame duck Mike Bloomberg and d - list Hollywood types like Alec, no Billy, no Danny, er Stephen Baldwin.
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:
Jay Nixon will be running for Governor pretty much unopposed on the Democratic side, while Governor Matt Blunt is a lame duck while State Treasurer Steelman, Congressman Hulsholf, and Lt. Governor Kinder are running for the GOP nod to run for governor.
Urged on by his boss, perpetually exasperated Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) reluctantly sends out a trio of scalawags — wonderfully played by James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson and a curiously under - utilized John Hawkes — to try and buy the votes of lame - duck Democratic congressmen with patronage jobs and folders of cash.
As the president points out to his secretary of state, William Seward (David Strathairn), the recent election has turned 64 Democratic congressmen into lame ducks — men who'll be out of work soon and might sell their vote for a government job.