Regulation, prohibition, and litigation: Joe Biden's busy lame-duck period

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The Biden administration has come to an end not with a bang, nor a whimper, but with a frenzied rush of new regulations, lawsuits, and executive orders.

The latest in that string of last-second executive actions was a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday against Deere & Company .

The lame-duck period has already been shortened once: In 1933 , the 20th Amendment moved Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20 .

These days , there's no good reason why a new president shouldn't be inaugurated the day after Congress counts the electoral votes.

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