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  2. Presidential Succession Act - Wikipedia

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    The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (Full text ) restored the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate to the line of succession—in reverse order from their positions in the 1792 act—and placed them ahead of the members of the Cabinet, who are positioned once more in the order of the establishment of their department ...

  3. Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Section 2 provides a mechanism for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. Before the Twenty-fifth Amendment, a vice-presidential vacancy continued until a new vice president took office at the start of the next presidential term; the vice presidency had become vacant several times due to death, resignation, or succession to the presidency, and these vacancies had often lasted several years.

  4. United States presidential line of succession - Wikipedia

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    The 25th Amendment, adopted in 1967, also establishes procedures for filling an intra-term vacancy in the office of the vice president. The Presidential Succession Act refers specifically to officers beyond the vice president acting as president rather than becoming president when filling a vacancy.

  5. Opinion: How and why the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was ... - AOL

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    25th Amendment was proposed to address issues of vacancy and temporary incapacity to serve as U.S. president. This is part of a Constitution series.

  6. Trump calls for modifying 25th Amendment to make it possible ...

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    The 25th Amendment lays out presidential succession and the process for removing a president, which would require the support of the vice president and a majority of the president’s Cabinet.

  7. Here's what the 25th Amendment says about removing a president

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    Here's what that amendment says. House Democrats were planning a resolution that calls on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Here's what that amendment says.

  8. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    Establishes that the vice president is elected together with the president rather than as the runner-up in the presidential election. December 9, 1803 June 15, 1804 189 days 13th: Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. January 31, 1865 December 6, 1865 309 days 14th

  9. Photo Illustrations by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyOn Jan. 3, the formal leadership of the Senate is poised to pass to one of two 89-year olds: Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa or ...