National Affairs: Lame Dodos

When man's great and good friend, the horse, slips and breaks his leg, he is promptly shot. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sees to that. When a Senator or a Representative slips and loses an election, he continues as a lame duck law maker for four months longer. To provide for the prompt decapitation of maimed ducks and halt politicians, a proposed amendment to the Constitution was brought before the Senate, The Senate passed the proposal by vote of 63 to 7. Its terms :

1) The terms of office...

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