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Congress should retreat from its recent behavior and go back to making lame duck sessions both rare and inconsequential.

(Archived document, may contain errors)   127 September 30, 1980 POSTPONING DECISIONS 96TH THE CONGRESS INTRODUCTION LAME-DUCK The 96th Congress will recess the first week of October and reconvene--after the elections on November 12 for its first post election, lame-duck session since 19

The Constitution mandates that a new Congress convene on the same date in January following either the November midterm or presidential elections.

Congress of the United States, the legislature of the United States of America, established under the Constitution of 1789 and separated structurally from the executive and judicial branches of government. It consists of two houses: the Senate, in which each state, regardless of its size, is represented by two senators, and the House of Representatives (see Representatives, House of), to which members are elected on the basis of population. Among the express powers of Congress as defined in the...

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Is going back to 19A sufficient? – Part II by Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel (First part of this article appeared yesterday) The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution (19A), though now abolished, is an important milestone in our constitutional history. With the experiences under the Twentieth Amendment, there is growing support for going back to 19A. […]

By Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel There is broad agreement today, at least in the Opposition, that the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution that did away with most of the provisions introduced by the Nineteenth Amendment (19A) must be abolished. The writer is of the view that going back to 19A is not sufficient and […]