Questions tagged [vice-president]
Questions related to the vice president of a state, the role of vice president is generally a high executive position.
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What's the difference between a 51 seat majority and a 50 seat + VP "majority"?
The US Senate currently has a 50/50 split of Democratic (D) and Republican (R) caucus members. According to news reports, this has lead to "power sharing agreements" needing to be made ...
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What authority does the Vice President have to mobilize the National Guard?
After the attack on the US Capitol by pro-Trump groups, the DC National Guard was eventually called in to restore order. Strangely, it is being reported that Vice President Mike Pence was the one who ...
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Why is there no Vice Presidential line of succession?
Congress can confirm a new Vice President, but if Congress couldn't operate due to an emergency like the attack on the Capitol, then there would be no one to fill in the the Vice President. Why is ...
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Was Mike Pence Vice President to Obama for a few minutes?
Mike Pence took his oath a few minutes before Donald Trump did.
During those few minutes, was he Vice President to President Obama?
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Can Vice President Pence be impeached before President Trump?
As I understand, the current vice president Mike Pence is next in line for the presidency should president Trump be removed from office. However, there's some links between Mike Pence and the ...
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Legally speaking in the United States, could a former two-term president be vice president? [duplicate]
Legally speaking, is there any laws against a former president that has served 2 terms from being vice president?
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Can the vice president of the United States be fired?
Does the vice-president serve at the discretion of the president, such that he or she can be removed from office at the president's will?
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What power does the Vice President really have?
According to the Constitution, the Vice President is the head of the Senate, but doesn't really explain what that means except to say that he doesn't get to vote except to break a tie.
Aside from ...
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Can the VP technically take over the Senate by ignoring certain precedents?
Here's an article about possible "hardball" tactics Democrats could use under Biden/Harris, if they don't get control of the Senate: https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/11/potential-...
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Is there a difference between a tie-breaker and a regular vote?
In the United States Senate, if there is a tie in a vote, the vice president breaks that tie. According to the senate.gov website, the vice president cannot vote except when breaking a tie.
Is there ...
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Why don't presidential candidates announce their running mates before achieving their party's nomination?
As far as I can tell, a candidate has only announced their running mate before achieving the nomination twice since the modern system of primaries came into use in the 1970s. These occasions were in ...
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Why do US Presidents seem to have difficulty in complying with the laws on returning classified documents?
Why do US Presidents seem to have difficulty in complying with the laws on returning classified documents?
One might expect that Presidents would have sufficient assistance in running their offices ...
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Why would a Vice President cast a negative vote?
The Constitution allows for the Vice President to vote on an issue if the vote is equally divided. There have been a number of occasions when the Vice President has cast a negative vote, see here.
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What happens if the Vice-President were to die before presiding over the official electoral college vote count?
The President of the US Senate (who is the Vice-President ) is responsible for presiding over the electoral college's votes formally in a Joint Session of Congress. However, what if the Vice-President ...
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If the VP resigns, can the 25th Amendment still be invoked?
There is current news of several of Trump's cabinet members resigning with Trump only having 13 days left in his presidency.
Question: If Mike Pence were to resign his vice presidency, with such a ...
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Does a tie in the Senate require the vice president to always be present in the Senate?
Would the vice president be required to always be in the senate chamber in order to break ties? If not, how often must she be there -- or does she need to be there at all to vote her tie-breaker vote?
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How unusual is a Vice President presiding over their own replacement in the Senate?
Yesterday, new Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the swearing-in of 3 new Senators, including her own replacement. This required her to read a statement which had her own name in it, so she ...
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When was the last time a Vice President chose to let a tied Senate vote fail, without using their negative casting vote?
I was reading a recent question on why a Vice President might choose to use a negative casting vote on a tied vote in the Senate rather than just letting the motion fail by withholding their vote, ...
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Would Mike Pence become President if Trump was impeached and removed from office?
Let's assume President Trump is successfully impeached and removed from office on Monday/Tuesday (before his term expires and he leaves office on the 20th).
Would Vice President Pence take over and ...
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Why and how is the Vice President elected in U.S?
Why is the Vice President elected in the US? Why isn't he chosen by the President like any other secretary? Is there any important reason why the writers of the Constitution made that choice?
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Does the Vice-President retain their tiebreaking vote during an impeachment trial of the President?
The Vice-President is the President of the Senate by the US Constitution. As President of the Senate, the Vice-President is empowered to preside over the Senate and cast a tie-breaking vote. The ...
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Does a vice president retain their tie breaking vote in the Senate during an impeachment trial if it is the vice president being impeached?
If the vice president is the subject of an impeachment, does the vice president have a vote in the Senate trial of which they are the subject?
Note: The constitution only mandates that the chief ...
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Would it be possible to "flip the ticket" in American Presidential politics?
In 1988, I supported Michael Dukakis for President. After he lost the second debate to Bush, I wondered if it might be possible for him to salvage his campaign by "flipping the ticket," allowing his ...
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Must the Vice President preside over the counting of the Electoral College votes?
The Vice President, being the President of the Senate, presides over the counting of the Electoral College votes during a joint session of Congress. Following the count, the VP then officially ...
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If the VP were to invoke the 25th amendment to remove the President as unfit for office, would acting secretaries be able to consent?
The 25th Amendment says that the Vice-President, in conjunction with half of the fifteen executive department heads, can declare the President unfit to discharge his duties. Presently only two of the ...
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Are there cases in US history when the approval rating of the vice-president exceeded that of the POTUS for a substantial time?
Give that VP rating in the public eye seems to track pretty closely that of president, e.g.
Are there cases when the VP was consistently rated higher than the president for a substantial amounts of ...
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Must a minimum time pass before the Vice-President replaces the elected President in the US?
Imagine, that elected president is aged/ill in time of elections, so he can hardly perform his duty. But he was nominated for presidency and now is elected.
Must a minimum time pass before the US Vice ...
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Can the POTUS forbid the VP from entering the West Wing or the main building of the White House?
After Pence rejected in writing the idea that he not open some electoral certificates, CNN reported on their live feed that
President Trump told people he banned Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of ...
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If a governor or senator is chosen as a running mate (VP) to a president candidate, and that candidate loses, what happens?
If a governor or senator is chosen as a running mate (VP) to a president candidate, and that candidate loses, do they go back to their post as governor or senator?
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Impeachment trial proceedings of a Vice President
Since the Vice President is also president of the Senate, what mechanism is there to prevent him from presiding over his own impeachment trial?
Article I Section 3 of the Constitution makes no ...
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How many terms can a former vice-president president serve?
If a president were to be unable to serve, with the vice-president becoming president, how many terms would they be able to run/serve for?
Say the president is unable to serve 2 years into their ...
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Can a vice president's vote be considered to create the presence of a quorum
In the advice and consent process, should the minority party refuse to participate in a floor vote and the majority has only 50 members, can the vice president's presence for a vote create a quorum?
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Did a Vice President ever cast a tie-breaking vote against his own party?
The Vice President is theoretically allowed to vote according to his own conscience, just as all other members of the Congress. But did a situation ever occur where the Vice President cast a tie-...
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If the Vice President undisputedly murdered the sitting President, is there anything stopping them from becoming President?
If the Vice President murdered the sitting President in cold blood for all to see, would they still become President? Would they simply get sworn in or is there a mechanism to stop them?
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Can the president of the Senate (Vice president) introduce a bill?
Regarding United States government, I am under the impression that the president of the Senate is (only?) used as a tie breaker in the event of a tie during a vote, but can they introduce bills like ...
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What is the role of the Vice-President in Turkey?
The constitutional amendments approved by the April 2017 referendum allow President Erdoğan to appoint one or more Vice-Presidents.
Who is eligible for the role, and what will their duties be?
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Why hasn't Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico Border?
Since Joe Biden put VP Harris in charge of the border migration back on March 24, 2021, VP Harris hasn't conducted a visit to the border. I am under the impression that it would be helpful for her to ...
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Can vice president/security advisor or secretary of state be chosen from the opposite party?
As the title indicates,
Can vice president/security advisor or secretary of state be chosen from the opposite party?
If so, has there ever been an example?
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Does a succeeding President select a new VP during succession?
There is a clearly documented Order of Succession that is followed when the current President is incapacitated. This has been the subject of Films and TV Shows.
What normally happens in these ...
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Could Republicans keep the Senate split 50-50 indefinitely by refusing to confirm a Vice President?
The United States Senate is currently (August 2021) split 50-50 between Democrats and Republicans. As such the Vice President gets the deciding vote:
The Vice President of the United States shall be ...
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The U.S. presidential candidate's choice of a running mate
In the United States, after all the long drawn out process of choosing the presidential nominee of a major party, is the selection of the vice presidential nominee the private decision of one person? ...
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Can a United States President nominate a blood relative as Vice President?
The current U.S President has heaped a great amount of praise on his daughter Ivanka Trump, calling her one of his best and closest advisers. To shake things up in 2020, is it possible Trump could ...
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What are the negative consequences of returning to the practice of assigning the Vice Presidency to the Presidential Runner up?
From my understanding, the practice was eliminated due to partisanship sometime in the early 1800s. It seems like an excellent way to increase bipartisanship as we are in a more informed and civilized ...
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Is a presidential candidate required to pick a running mate?
If the Vice President dies or leaves office early, the President is not required to pick a new VP, making the Vice Presidency vacant. Does this mean that a presidential candidate does not have to ...
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On the mandatory IRS audit of sitting president and vice-president
It's been reported that the sitting president and vice president are subject to mandatory IRS audit.
Two questions regarding this:
Is there some statutory authority that requires the IRS to conduct ...
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What exactly happened during Reagan's invocation of the 25th Amendment?
I was reading the Wikipedia article on the 25th Amendment when I came across this confusing paragraph (I bolded the sections of interest):
Fielding and White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan ...
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Could Senator Harris ask for a briefing from Cabinet members?
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At this moment, it is widely reported that the curent president has ordered cabinet secretaries and executive department heads to not participate in any transition activities with the ...
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What are the steps to fill a vacancy for vice president?
Suppose that it is 2007 and Dick Cheney is Vice President. He resigns to become a senator from Wyoming. What steps would be taken to fill this vacancy?
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Can a vice-president vote for his successor in the Senate before becoming president under the 25th amendment?
What does the constitution prescribe in a situation where there is a 50-50 Senate, the president passes away or resigns, and the vice-president becomes the president? Section 2 of the 25th amendment ...
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Is it illegal to insert someone to the Presidency through Vice President?
What would happen if a general election candidate enters the race with no actual intention of acting as President but rather with the intention of winning the election then immediately resigning, ...
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