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On February 6 we celebrate National Lame Duck Day, an “unofficial” holiday, that is not about a duck with an injury. It is a day that recognizes and celebrates elected officials who are about to leave their term in office. Their term has ended either by choice or because they were not re-elected.
A lame duck is an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already been elected.
A lame duck status can be due to having lost a re-election bid, choosing not to seek another term at the expiration of the current term, a term limit which keeps the official from running for that particular office again or the abolishment of the office, which must nonetheless be served out until the end of the official’s term.
Because there were some servants that no longer felt accountable to their constituents and took advantage of their position during the long lame duck session, the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, also known as the Lame Duck Amendment, was passed to shorten the length of the lame duck term and this amendment went into effect on February 6th, 1933.
So what do we do on Lame Duck Day?
If you are a Lame Duck: You can reflect back on what you have learned, and on your successes and triumphs.
If you know a Lame Duck: Say thank you, give recognition for their success and support for their future.
If you are not a Lame Duck or do not know a Lame Duck: Enjoy today in everything you do and share the information you learned about Lame Duck Day.
February 6th was chosen as National Lame Duck Day, an “unofficial” National holiday, as this was the day in 1933 that the 29th Amendment went into effect.
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On February 6 we celebrate National Lame Duck Day, an “unofficial” holiday, that is not about a duck with an injury. It is a day that recognizes and celebrates elected officials who are about to leave their term in office. Their term has ended either by choice or because they were not re-elected.
A lame duck is an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already been elected.
A lame duck status can be due to having lost a re-election bid, choosing not to seek another term at the expiration of the current term, a term limit which keeps the official from running for that particular office again or the abolishment of the office, which must nonetheless be served out until the end of the official’s term.
Because there were some servants that no longer felt accountable to their constituents and took advantage of their position during the long lame duck session, the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, also known as the Lame Duck Amendment, was passed to shorten the length of the lame duck term and this amendment went into effect on February 6th, 1933.
So what do we do on Lame Duck Day?
If you are a Lame Duck: You can reflect back on what you have learned, and on your successes and triumphs.
If you know a Lame Duck: Say thank you, give recognition for their success and support for their future.
If you are not a Lame Duck or do not know a Lame Duck: Enjoy today in everything you do and share the information you learned about Lame Duck Day.
February 6th was chosen as National Lame Duck Day, an “unofficial” National holiday, as this was the day in 1933 that the 29th Amendment went into effect.
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