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Brown is in his element, a lame duck confounding expectations by soaring high. (Aides warn him against looking cheerful.) His critics take comfort from history: an ungrateful British public voted Churchill out of office at war's end. Still, by that logic Brown is safe until the financial turbulence subsides. For a Premier who only a month ago was staring defeat in the face, the world's economic nightmare looks like an economic miracle...
...stimulus package, which could possibly be dealt with during the congressional "lame duck" session following the election - and faces longer odds in the Senate - could pour up to $150 billion into the economy in the form of massive construction projects, grants to states and additional aid for food stamps and unemployment benefits. Some are calling it "Plan C," coming in the wake of "Plan A" - the Wall Street rescue package - and "Plan B," the effort now underway to recapitalize ailing banks and get credit, the lifeblood of economic health, flowing again. Both of those plans are to be funded...
These shortcomings of the “lame-duck” UC should be remedied by reconvening representatives from the previous year each fall. Certainly, this system of representation has its pitfalls: Houses with senior representatives last year would lack a direct voice on the Council, and last year’s freshman representatives would now live in houses instead of the Yard. But even such an imperfect solution seems superior to a system that deprives students of representation altogether. Since UC efforts often continue through the summer and into the following year, an interim assembly could easily focus...
...term limits inspire robust debate, as both proponents and detractors can claim their position upholds democracy's bedrock principles. Supporters say term limits hold politicians accountable, usher in fresh views that shake up static power structures, and mitigate an incumbent's advantages. Opponents argue that in addition to creating lame ducks, term limits snatch away the public's fundamental right to choose their elected officials...
Coming after two weeks that have only further dimmed Americans' view of Congress, the successful vote was a cause more for relief than for celebration. Legislators can only hope that voters will soon forget the unprecedented financial and political crisis, in which a lame-duck Administration desperate to get an emergency package passed had barely any sway with a Congress seemingly paralyzed by fear of the impending elections. There was that White House meeting a week ago, which some thought would be a photo op with presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain to announce a bipartisan deal, but which...