Word: lames
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...ratcheting up domestic political pressure on Barak's beleaguered government, no matter how forcefully he responds to Palestinian attacks. The ultra-Orthodox Shas party has indicated that it plans, on Monday, to support an opposition motion to dissolve the Knesset and call new elections. That would make Barak a lame duck prime minister, precluding any new agreements with the Palestinians...
...this context, it is even more sad that the Republican Congress is still dragging its feet on meaningful legislation that would make a real difference in the way that our government is administering youth services in America. They still have a chance, however, in the approaching lame-duck congressional session--only the ninth such session convened this century--to make constructive progress on this issue. Now is the not the time to squander the opportunity or the hard work that has gone into moving toward a positive solution...
There is no doubt that the time for action is now. However, we are coming dangerously close to missing our chance. Within weeks Congress will reconvene for a final lame duck session. However, the bill is currently stuck in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee as well as the House Education and the Workforce Committee, both of whose Republican chairs have failed to the get the bill to the floor...
...Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the presidential and vice-presidential nominees of what was then called the Republican Party (which later became the Democratic Party), ended up in an Electoral College tie, with 73 votes each. The choice devolved on the lame-duck House of Representatives, with each state's delegation voting as a unit...
...chatting it up with Sarah Ryan and Jennie Tarr. Now don't get your panties in a bunch, Sarah and Jennie fans, I'm not going to wail on them. In fact, I think the girls are rather astute for figuring out that if Ben was lame enough to be at the Grille on a Saturday night (doesn't he have a premiere to go to?), he'd certainly be up for some chit-chat with a couple of cute Harvard undergrads...