What is the Lame Duck Session?

In the United States congress, there is something called Lame Duck Session. The Lame Duck session describes a kind meeting or legislative session being held by the United States congress after the election before the tenure of the succeeding legislative house begins, this is done to ensure smooth running of the legislative business. This simply means any form of session that takes place after the election before the next congress starts their legislative business.

The total number of Lame Duck sessions of the US Congress since 1940 is 16. Before 1993, the type of Lame Duck session of the congress had always been the last regular congress session but after the amendment of the law, every meeting or session hold by the US Congress is called Lame Duck. The recess preceding the lame duck session usually starts around mid-October and lasted between one or two months, before the congress reconvenes for the lame-duck session.