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How Lame Is a Lame-Duck President?
URL: http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/lame-duck-president.htm

Description:
Material about the "incumbent president who's reached the end of his term." On this site, "read about some of the hits (and misses) some lame duck presidents have made in the final days of their terms in this article. But first, read about the Lame Duck Amendment [20th Amendment] to the Constitution," which shortened the lame duck period. Includes links to related material. From HowStuffWorks.

LII Topics: General Resources, The United States Presidency

Author:
Clark, Josh

Publisher:
HowStuffWorks, Inc.

LII Database Information:
Record 27191 created by Maria Brandt on 11/13/2008
Last modification on 11/19/2008
Published: 11/20/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27191

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