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Page 1: The President. Qualifications  Formal:  natural-born citizen of the United States  35 years old  Resident of the United State for 14 years  Informal:

The President

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Qualifications

Formal: natural-born citizen of the United States

35 years old

Resident of the United State for 14 years

Informal: Experience of government (senators and governors most

common)

Personal wealth (public funding vs. private funding)

Political beliefs (moderate)

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Term

George Washington example: President for two terms

Each term is for 4 years

Lasted until Franklin Roosevelt (4 terms)

22nd amendment: officially limits the president to two terms (8 years)

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Salary and Benefits

Salary: $400,000 taxable

$100,000 non taxable travel allowance

$50,000 expense account

Benefits Air Force One (x2)

Helicopters, limousines

Free medical, dental and health care

White House (132 rooms—swimming pool, bowling alley, private movie theater, and tennis courts)

Government pays for state dinners

Pension—$148,400

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Vice-President

Two Duties: Presides over the Senate. Votes only in a tie.

25th Amendment: decides if the President is disabled.

14 Vice Presidents have become presidents 9 have succeed the president upon death or resignation

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John Tyler Millard Fillmore Andrew Johnson Chester Arthur

Theodore Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge Harry Truman Lyndon Johnson

Gerald Ford

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Informal Responsibilities

Before the 1950s, the Vice President was largely ignored by the President Hubert Humphrey (Lyndon B. Johnson’s VP): “The only

authority the VP has is what the President gives him.”

Modern examples: VP participates in policy meetings

Special assignments (speeches, own projects)

Members of the National Security Council

Bush/Cheney: “When you’re talking to Cheney, you’re talking to me. When Cheney’s talking, it’s me talking”. –George W. Bush

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Presidential Succession

8 Presidents have died in office (4 assassinated, 4 natural)

25th Amendment: first applied in 1973 VP Spiro Agnew resigned

Richard Nixon nominate Gerald Ford (congress approved)

Less than a year later Nixon resigns

Ford becomes President

Ford nominates Nelson Rockefeller to be VP (congress approved)

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William Henry Harrison Zachary Taylor Abraham Lincoln James A. Garfield

William McKinley Warren G. Harding

Franklin Roosevelt

John Kennedy

PneumoniaGastroenteritis Assassinated Assassinated

AssassinatedHeart Failure

StrokeAssassinated

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Presidential Succession (continued)

Vice President

Speaker of the House

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Secretary of the State

Secretary of the Treasury

Secretary of Defense

Attorney General

Secretary of the Interior

Secretary of Agriculture

Secretary of Commerce

Secretary of Labor

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Secretary of Transportation

Secretary of Energy

Secretary of Education

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Secretary of Homeland Security

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Presidential Disability

Woodrow Wilson had a stroke in office—wife took over much of his duties

Dwight Eisenhower had a heart attack—assistants ran the executive branch

25th Amendment says VP takes over in one of two ways:

President tells Congress he can’t perform his duties

The VP and majority of the cabinet informs Congress the President is disabled

If there is a power struggle between President and VP, Congress has 21 days to settle dispute

2/3 vote of Congress to side with VP or President takes office again