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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 Constitution are the power to lay and collect taxes, borrow money on the credit of the United State...

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