Sentences with phrase «of lame duck»

Or in the case of lame duck politicians, then it is the certain knowledge that they will be shunned by the power - brokers after they leave office if they follow a particular course, i.e. no cashing in after leaving office.

Maybe it's the nature of lame duck congressional sessions.

8.9 The Mazda MX - 5 RF seems like kind of a lame duck on paper.

Gov. Chris Christie repeatedly has said education reform will be his top priority of the lame duck session, including proposals for revamping how teacher tenure is granted and retained.

With much political power and a sizeable number of lame duck Democrats with nothing to lose, Lincoln views it as the perfect time to pass the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which would abolish slavery and essentially force the Confederates hand in the war.

In a further gamble, the director and screenwriter strive to reveal their subject by limiting their film's scope, more or less, to a few mere weeks at the end of Lincoln's first term, at a time when the overwhelmingly popular president resolved to take advantage of the lame duck Congress to pass the 13th Amendment.

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

That leaves Hiddink as a bit of a lame duck in the dugout, with nothing to push for this season, and no future at the club towards which to build anything.

''... the chances of TPP passing this year are not high, and if it is not passed by the end of the lame duck session of Congress, then it probably will not be passed at all — at least, as presently constituted,» wrote analysts at BMI Research.

But it's still a measure that shouldn't be passed by a flock of lame ducks.

The acting is what you'd expect from a bunch of lame ducks, but all you really hope for in movies like this is that no one pulls a Matthew Lillard and overdoes it to the point of distraction.

New allegations help to put anonymous communication into context WASHINGTON D.C. ---- Rescuers of lame ducks in the Washington D.C. region are high alert after Washington Post national labor issues reporter Danielle Paquette on January 29, 2018 revealed alleged details of workplace misconduct claims made by at least three women against Humane Society of the U.S. president Wayne -LSB-...]

And while its always fun to play as Claire, and Natalia makes a nice, creepy addition to Resident Evil's expansive cast, doddering Barry and his supremely foul - mouthed daughter Moira (who at times channels Rose McGowan at her C - movie worst) are kind of lame ducks.

Not exact matches

But hardly a surprising action coming from a lame - duck Republican who has built a career out of cozy relationships with the one - percenters.

The provisions on TPP are almost certainly moot, as congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle say the deal will not come up for ratification in the lame duck congressional session.

Tis not the Peter Principle but the Lame Duck Principle i.e. the last of the leaders of an establishment founded on myths and embellishments.

During the decades in which we have been lumbered with the lame - duck translation, much has changed in the Church: some of the changes have ironically been a matter of people continuing to do the same thing.

The growing use of the internet, especially in social networking, meant that through the debates of the US Bishops» Conference (commendably held in public session) the general Catholic public became increasingly aware of just what thinking was behind what was coming to be known by consensus as the «lame - duck translation», an expression popularised by Fr Zuhlsdorf who has spent many years analysing «What does the prayer really say?»

For the 27 years of my priestly life, I have been using a lame - duck text that dumbs down the theology of the Mass and prevents me from giving to God the reverence due to Him in the words of the prayers prescribed by the Church.

Can he get this country's focus back on the average person, or is he just another lame - duck figurehead who is beholden to Congress to make all of the decisions?

«Pushing this through the Senate during a lame - duck session with the hopes of using the Christmas holiday as a backstop is irresponsible.

The Beer Institute is hoping a so - called «lame duck session» of Congress won't hurt the chances of finally passing the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA), which would lower excise taxes, compliance burdens, and regulations on alcohol makers.

Except it makes a certain amount of sense when you look at the different scenarios of Bud Black's lame duck year.

The feud between O'Neal and fellow superstar Kobe Bryant; the presumed lame - duck status of coach Phil Jackson, whose contract negotiations with team owner Jerry Buss, the father of his Significant Other, are on hold; the frustrations of Hall of Fame rentals Malone and Gary Payton — all have made for compelling subplots but not always compelling hoops.

But with an interim coach, a lame - duck president, and that president's right - hand man plotting to take his spot, appeasing Gonzalez or anyone else like him was the last thing on the mind of anyone semi-in charge.

no one can be that delusional without having Wenger blood run through their veins... this team has already conceded 2 of 3 in August and you believe we can get 45 of a potentially 52 available points before Xmas... no wonder this club can't seem to take it's fan - base seriously, albeit I'm sure your assessment would give the Grinch who stole soccer a quarter chub... anyways, enough talk about the criminally insane with internet access... we have much bigger fish to fry... like what were the real objectives behind the choices made by our lame duck manager on the weekend

Another big problem with Wenger is his blind faith in the same lame ducks, refusing to buy a proper striker because he has Giroud, and that languid French boy by the name of Yaya Sanogo and Theo Walcott.

I we didn't have a lame duck dead man walking in SVG then we actually could have had a lot of high draft picks.

The Nats could very well renegotiate a deal before June 15 so that it doesn't include 2018, but it's also possible that Rizzo's team could play him out of a job before that deadline — it's «unlikely» that they let him be a lame duck after June 15.

It's the fans that keep sacrificing because this team can't get their head out of their own ass... please give me some examples when a top club ever let their best player leave for free at the end of a season... Wenger needs to go to PSG and get some money and talent for Sanchez so that we can end this nonsense once and for all... then he needs to publicly apologize for the way in which they handled the whole situation... if they allow Sanchez to go for free there is no way this club, under the tutelage of Kroenke and Wenger, will ever layout the necessary coin to replace such a talented player, especially considering that Wenger will be a lame - duck manager once again in the final year of his contract and we know how well that went last year... open your eyes people, Wenger has spoken publicly about how he hopes that the next manager can take this club to the next level... WHAT?!?... he then went on to speak about leaving them in the perfect position to be successful, which is one of the reasons why several pundits felt Wenger would leave after last season based on the financials and the fact that so many players had only one year left on their respective contracts... who says this shit??? If you believe you're leaving things in the best possible shape for your potential successor to achieve greatness it raises a couple of serious questions: Why can't you take things to the next level if everything is as great as you say?

The Classless Play of the Year Trophy goes — hands down — to lame duck Tampa Bay coach John McKay.

Especially because Wenger's job as stabiliser / placeholder / lame duck is not necessarily a bad thing in the middle of a rebuild.

«I don't know how it is inside other clubs, I can't tell you this, but in Germany we use the same phrase as you do here — a lame duck,» Klopp continued, referring to a term used to describe a manager on the way out of his club.

Once the summer finally arrives and saves us from this lame duck of a season, the club need to take a hard look at the squad and really trim the fat.

But can we really expect the Catalan conductor of operations to waddle like a lame duck until May?

That «s all that happened when Mayor Washington finally was able to replace two of the lame - duck park commissioners with his choices, and when the new park board stripped Mr. Kelly of his responsibilities and gave them to Mr. Madison.

House Republicans opposed the bill as a needless expansion of government by the lame - duck Congress weeks after voters punished Democrats at the polls.

That window of opportunity will close in about 24 months as the terms of these top officials move toward lame duck status.

David Cameron is set to fend off claims that he is becoming a lame duck prime minister by announcing a raft of new laws to deal with Islamist extremists.

They are adamant that she is broken, and a lame duck and must go now for the good of the Party.

As the Democrats appear to be slowly losing their grip on the majority (despite their claims to the contrary), Conference Leader John Sampson is reaching across the aisle to his GOP counterpart, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, and proposing a post-election spirit of cooperation for the Nov. 29 lame duck session.

He said there is a strategy in place to try to repeal the policy in the lame - duck session of Congress.

«It would be a serious mistake for House Republicans to pass a Continuing Resolution that would ensure that Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats would come back to Washington, after many of them will have likely lost their seats, for a no - holds barred lame duck session where they will be free to pass legislation that the American people will never be able to hold them responsible for,» the Texas Republican said in a statement provided to CQ Roll Call.

We don't know if Paterson can get the legislature back, or if the lame duck senate can pass anything, or if the Payroll Mobility Tax would be exempt from this round of back - door dedicated fund diversions.

But even so, it is the polluted political culture which permeates Birmingham city council — like Blackpool stamped through rock — that has rendered it a lame duck, infamous for the left hand not knowing what the right is doing; but none of this is new or limited to this current Labour leadership.

The $ 315 million midyear budget gap could lead to another transit raid in the $ 20 million range before the year is out, if Governor Paterson convenes a lame duck special session and Albany repeats the same sort of heist it pulled off this fall.

When it comes to the question of who's most at fault for the mess in Albany, voters are split, with 27 percent saying it's the Democrats who control both houses of the Legislature and 24 percent pointing the finger at lame duck Gov. David Paterson.

Obama made New START ratification a priority during the 2010 post-election lame duck session of Congress, and Senators John Kerry (D - MA) and Richard Lugar (R - IN), the Democratic Chairman and senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were leading supporters of the treaty.

But while Democrats are in the majority, several were absent, including Senate President Malcolm Smith of Queens, on a junket in China, Kevin Parker of Brooklyn, who was on trial for allegedly attacking a Post photographer, and lame - duck Pedro Espada of The Bronx.

David Cameron is to put curbing Islamist extremism at the heart of the Queen's Speech this month as he seeks to fend off claims that he is becoming a lame - duck prime minister.