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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhere is AG barr? Working on pardons for trump and crime syndicate?
Better hurry barr, sooooo many forms, so little time .... Dems take over January 3, 2021 ...... Senate and House, let's GO!!!!
Make a plan to impeach on day one!
How the 20th Amendment made lame-duck sessions less lame
One of the most important, but least discussed, constitutional amendments made government more responsive by greatly shortening the time outgoing elected officials have a role in passing laws.
A lame-duck session happens when Congress meets after an election, when these outgoing members still have voting powers to approve laws, and in the case of the Senate, approve nominees from the Executive Branch.
The Congressional Research Service traces the phrase lame duck to the British during the Colonial era, when it was used to describe businessmen who had financial troubles and who resembled wounded game birds. In the 1830s, lame duck started to be used to describe American politicians had lost an election, or decided not to run for re-election, but still held office for a brief period.
Today, the session period usually lasts from mid-November to the Christmas period in election years, but it can extend to January 2nd of the following year. On the following day, January 3, a new session begins and every other year it contains new members of Congress.
One of the most important, but least discussed, constitutional amendments made government more responsive by greatly shortening the time outgoing elected officials have a role in passing laws.
A lame-duck session happens when Congress meets after an election, when these outgoing members still have voting powers to approve laws, and in the case of the Senate, approve nominees from the Executive Branch.
The Congressional Research Service traces the phrase lame duck to the British during the Colonial era, when it was used to describe businessmen who had financial troubles and who resembled wounded game birds. In the 1830s, lame duck started to be used to describe American politicians had lost an election, or decided not to run for re-election, but still held office for a brief period.
Today, the session period usually lasts from mid-November to the Christmas period in election years, but it can extend to January 2nd of the following year. On the following day, January 3, a new session begins and every other year it contains new members of Congress.
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/how-the-20th-amendment-made-lame-duck-sessions-less-lame
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Where is AG barr? Working on pardons for trump and crime syndicate? (Original Post)
Miigwech
Oct 2020
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Barr has been very quietly slithering around the country meeting with police
SheltieLover
Oct 2020
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Barr has been very quietly slithering around the country meeting with police
He was in St. Louis a week or so ago & in Memphis more recently that I know of.
River Front Times covered his meeting in MO. All about spewing lies according to the article:
https://m.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2020/10/16/barr-brought-his-bs-to-st-louis
Here is link for his visit to Memphis:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214326197
Another visit to Indianapolis:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214355237
Seems only local news is covering these quiet visits.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)2. Can't imagine him slithering, LOL, but ...
Hotler
(11,445 posts)3. I think he has a federal execution of a woman coming up soon.
he must be picking out a tie and picking out bible verses like a true pro-life christian.