Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2012 (74th-112th Congresses)

by Congressional Research Service, Richard S Beth, Jessica Tollestrup

A "lame duck" session of Congress occurs whenever one Congress meets after its successor is elected, but before the term of the current Congress ends. Under present conditions, any meeting of Congress after election day in November, but before the following January 3, is a lame duck session. Prior to 1933, when the 20th Amendment changed the dates of the congressional term, the last regular session of Congress was always a lame duck session. Today,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502507994
• ISBN13: 9781502507990
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 34 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"