Word: duck
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Besides, she says, business in the White House has not slowed down because of the campaign. There is the lame duck session of Congress to prepare for, and of course, those plans for the next four years
...carefully defined powers of the presidency- at least on paper. The referendum was the first test of Chun's popularity since he took power last December, shortly after the assassination of President Park Chung Hee. Strongman Chun, a former general, and his U.S.-educated Prime Minister, Nam Duck Woo, worked hard to ensure a heavy voter turnout. Roving "enlightenment teams" explained details of the new constitution at more than 3,600 local meetings. The President would be limited to a single seven-year term, for example; any slide toward dictatorship would be checked by new powers granted...
...Someone was giving a dance to cheer up the brave boys who were going to save the country--which I did. And there I was, 3000 miles away from my home in California just like a sitting duck," McCurdy said...
...first postelection session in a presidential-election year since 1948, to have another go at deciding how much the Government can really spend and how big a deficit it can run during the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Chances are strong that the lame-duck session will not accomplish much. Not until some time after a new Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, and President Carter or President Reagan is inaugurated on Jan. 20, will some Government departments and agencies know what they can legally spend during the fiscal year that began last week...
...much federal departments and agencies can spend after Dec. 15 will depend on the lame-duck session of Congress; and though it likely will pass some appropriations bills, it probably will have to put through another continuing resolution to enable much of the Government to function. The session will be attended by some 40 Senators and Representatives who are retiring, plus many others who will have been defeated for reelection. If Carter is reelected, Congress will stall until he can shape his plans for a second term. If Reagan wins, Congress will also stall, until the new President gets...