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The President & Vice President Notes: 190-193
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Term of Office 4 years The Constitution did not limit the terms – George Washington serves two and every president copies him FDR – wins 4 terms (1940, 1944) 22 nd Amendment in 1951 – limits to 2 terms
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Salary & Benefits $ 430,000.00 plus living expenses Camp David Access to special cars, airplane, helicopters
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The Vice President Elected with the president Chosen by the Electoral College Requirements are the same for VP
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Presidential Succession The Vice President Joseph BidenJoseph Biden Speaker of the House John BoehnerJohn Boehner President pro tempore of the Senate Patrick LeahyPatrick Leahy Secretary of State John KerryJohn Kerry Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew Secretary of Defense Chuck HagelChuck Hagel Attorney General ???? Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel Secretary of Agriculture Tom VilsackTom Vilsack Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz Secretary of Education Arne DuncanArne Duncan Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson
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The Twenty-fifth Amendment (1967) If the president dies or leaves office, the vice president becomes president. The New President should choose a new vice president President nominates someone The Senate AND House must approve Used 2x – Spiro Agnew resigned and Richard Nixon Enables vice president to “act as president” until the president can go back to work. Ex: surgical procedures.
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Watch: Mandate The President and His People What is a “MANDATE”? Do you think it’s the president’s job to execute the will of the people OR lead them to something they didn’t know they wanted????? George Washington Andrew Jackson Abraham Lincoln Teddy Roosevelt
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