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Lame Duck
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A lame duck is an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already been elected.
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The status can be due to having lost a re-election bid choosing not to seek another term at the expiration of the current term a term limit which keeps the official from running for that particular office again the abolishment of the office, which must nonetheless be served out until the end of the official's term.[1] Lame duck officials tend to have less political power, as other elected officials are less inclined to cooperate with them. However, lame ducks are also in the peculiar position of not facing the consequences of their actions in a subsequent election, giving them greater freedom to issue unpopular decisions or appointments. Examples include last-minute midnight regulations issued by executive agencies of outgoing U.S. presidential administrations and executive orders issued by outgoing presidents.[2] Such actions date back to the Judiciary Act of 1801 ("Midnight Judges Act"), in which Federalist President John Adams and the outgoing 6th Congress amended the Judiciary Act to create more federal judge seats for Adams to appoint and the Senate to confirm before the Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated and the Democratic-Republican majority 7th Congress convened. In more recent history, U.S. President Bill Clinton was widely criticized for issuing 140 pardons and other acts of executive clemency on his last day in office, including two former close colleagues, donors, fellow Democratic members and his own half-brother.[3] |
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Bipartisanship
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Bipartisanship is a political situation, usually in the context of a two-party system such as the United States, in which opposing political parties find common ground and are able to compromise[1] to achieve political goals. The adjective bipartisan refers to any bill, act, resolution, or any other action of a political body in which both of the two major political parties are in agreement about all or many parts of a political choice.
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