Article: Some lame duck. (Congress plan for spending cuts)

Article: Swift seeks vote on budget deficit; Wants lame-duck ...
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  November 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... to meet in a formal, lame-duck session in the coming ... make another round of spending cuts. "If she has to make ... dislike the idea of a lame-duck legislative session ... or retiring saw their lame-duck period as a time for ...

Transcript: Analysis: History of lame-duck congressional ...
NPR Morning Edition;  November 15, 2004 ;     608 words ... ... 11-15-2004 Analysis: History of lame-duck congressional sessions Host: STEVE INSKEEP ... Thanks very much. OK. So it's a lame-duck session. A lot of important business ... has consequences on what happens in the lame-duck session. In 1982, for instance, two ...

Article: Governor hopes for active session.: 'Lame duck' ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  January 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Wise doesn't intend to act like a lame duck this session, and will have a broad ... will be up to legislators to make spending cuts, including potentially up to $200 ... while he does not intend to act as a lame duck, he does see some advantages in ...

Article: GATT VOTE PREVIEW OF FUTURE FOR CLINTON THE VOTES OF REPUBLICANS ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 13, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... later this month in a lame-duck session to vote on ... Congress returned for a lame-duck session was in 1980 ... 12.7 billion in spending cuts and user fees over ... the legislation's spending cuts and user fees aren ...

Article: In final round, Pataki holds wild card; Although he's a ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Hyde. Though Pataki became a lame duck the moment he said last July that ... could goad the Legislature by tying spending cuts and policy changes to budget language ... is less fear of reprisal from a lame duck. Bruno, who must protect his ...

Article: What the `lame duck' has wrought
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 11, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... Congress must agree to domestic spending cuts it has emphatically rejected before ... public has wanted to stop domestic spending cuts and to slow defense increases ... governance, Reagan is a somewhat lame duck. He has a weakened hold on the ...

Article: An Ambitious Lame Duck Agenda; Gilmore's Budget ...
The Washington Post;  December 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... colleges that would be ambitious for any governor, let alone a lame-duck administration such as his. Gilmore said the initiative ... General Assembly on Wednesday, expected to include painful spending cuts to cover a more than $1 billion gap between revenue and budgeted ...