The President &Vice President

Notes: 188-193

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)

• 22nd Amendment in 1951 – limits to 2 terms

Salary & Benefits

• $430,000.00 plus living expenses – newest #

•Camp David

•Access to special cars, airplane, helicopters

The Vice President

•Elected with the president

•Chosen by the Electoral College

•Requirements are the same for VP

Presidential Succession•The Vice President Joseph Biden•Speaker of the House John Boehner•President pro tempore of the Senate •Secretary of State John Kerry•Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew•Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel•Attorney General ????•Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel•Secretary of Agriculture Tom 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 Duncan•Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald•Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson

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.