What Is a Lame-Duck President?

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Political cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman showing a line of ducks with canes, symbolizing lame duck Congress members, walking toward the White House along a winding path.

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Why Is the Twentieth Amendment Called the “Lame Duck Amendment”?

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Political cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman showing a line of ducks with canes, symbolizing lame duck Congress members, walking toward the White House along a winding path.

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This Clifford K. Berryman political cartoon from 1915 shows defeated members of Congress—that...

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