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50th Anniversary of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment and Tribute to Birch Bayh
Joseph Donnelly
Indiana Senator Joseph Donnelly's tribute to former Senator Birch Bayh on the Senate floor on March 28, 2017. Donnelly recognizes Senator Bayh's work on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. From the Congressional Record.
Date: 3-28-2017
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Presidential Succession Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 108th Congress
Subcommittee on the Constitution; Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Examines the need for changes to the Presidential Succession Act which governs the transfer of power in the event that there is a simultaneous vacancy in the office of the presidency and the vice presidency.
Date: 10-6-2004
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Presidential and Vice Presidential Succession: Overview and Current Legislation
Thomas H. Neale, Congressional Research Service. Library of Congress, and Government and Finance Division. Library of Congress
Review of legislative history of Presidential and Vice Presidential succession.
Date: 9-27-2004
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Ensuring the Continuity of the United States Government: the Presidency: Joint Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Rules and Administration, Senate, 108th Congress
Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Examines concerns about the Presidential Succession Act and proposals to revise procedures for a transfer of power in case of vacancies in the offices of President and Vice President.
Date: 9-2003
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Presidential and Vice Presidential Succession: Overview and Current Legislation
Thomas H. Neale, Congressional Research Service. Library of Congress, and Government and Finance Division. Library of Congress
Reviews legislative history of presidential and vice presidential succession.
Date: 3-25-2003
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Vice Presidential Vacancies: Congressional Procedures in the Ford and Rockefeller Nominations
Congressional Research Service. Library of Congress and Government and Finance Division. Library of Congress
This report was issued approximately a month and a half before the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton. If Clinton had been impeached and removed, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment would have been used to fill the vice presidential vacancy.
Date: 8-21-1998
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Examination of the First Implementation of Section Two of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Hearing on S.J. Res.26 Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee of the Judiciary, Senate, 94th Congress
Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Examines effectiveness of Twenty-Fifth Amendment in providing for presidential succession and vacancies in the office of the Vice President.
Date: 2-25-1975
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Selected Materials on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Senate Document No. 93-42.
Birch Bayh and Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Compilation of Congressional documents, law review articles and legal memoranda, printed as a Senate document.
Date: 10-1973
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Report on Presidential Inability and Vacancies in the Office of the Vice President, House of Representatives Report No. 89-203
Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Considers proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the succession to the presidency and vice presidency.
Date: 3-24-1965
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Report on Presidential Inability and Vacancies in the Office of Vice President, S. Rep. No. 89-66
Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Considers proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to the succession to the presidency and vice presidency.
Date: 2-10-1965
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Presidential Inability: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 89th Congress
Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Considers thirty-eight resolutions relating to problems of presidential inability and filling vice presidential vacancies.
Date: 2-9-1965
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Presidential Inability and Vacancies in the Office of the Vice President: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee of the Judiciary, Sentate, 89th Congress
Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Considers various problems connected with presidential inability and filling vacancies in the Office of the Vice President.
Date: 1-29-1965
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Staff of Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 84th Congress, Report on Presidential Inability
Staff of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Considers various problems connected with presidential inability.
Date: 8-13-1964
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Report on Constitutional Amendments, Senate Report No. 88-1017
Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Considers presidential inability and residence requirements for voting in presidential elections.
Date: 4-30-1964
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Presidential Inability and Vacancies in the Office of the Vice President: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee on the Judiciary, Senate, 88th Congress
Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, statements, and documents relating to the problem of presidential inability and vacancies in the Office of Vice President.
Date: 1-24-1964
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Presidential Inability: Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee on the Judiciary, Senate, 88th Congress
Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments; Committee on the Judiciary. Senate. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, testimony, and documents relating to the exercise of powers and duties of the presidency when the President is disabled.
Date: 6-11-1963
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Presidential Inability: Hearings Before the Subcomittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee on the Judiciary, Senate, 85th Congress
Special Subcommittee to Study Presidential Inability; Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, testimony, and documents relating to the orderly devolution upon the Vice President of presidential powers and duties.
Date: 1-24-1958
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Presidential Inability: Hearing Before the Special Subcommittee on Study of Presidential Inability of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 85th Congress
Special Subcommittee To Study Presidential Inability; Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Text of proposed legislation, testimony, and documents relating to situations in which the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
Date: 4-1-1957
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Staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 85th Congress, Presidential Inability: An Analysis of Replies to a Questionnaire and Testimony at a Hearing on Presidential Inability
Staff of the Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Analysis of the material and testimony contained in the House committee print "Presidential Inability" and the hearings on presidential inability held on April 11 and 12, 1956.
Date: 3-26-1957
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Presidential Inability: Hearings Before Special Subcommittee to Study Presidential Inability of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, 84th Congress
Special Subcommittee to Study Presidential Inability; Committee on the Judiciary. House of Representatives. United States.
Explores solutions to the problem of "presidential inability".
Date: 4-11-1956
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Staff of House Committee on the Judiciary, 84th Congress, Report on Presidential Inability
Staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary
Considers various problems connected with presidential inability.
Date: 1-31-1956
This section includes: congressional hearings, debates, and reports on presidential succession. These documents span nearly a half century, beginning with initial efforts to reform the succession system during the Eisenhower administration. They chronicle the drafting of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, a review of the Amendment’s first uses during the Watergate era, and post-9/11 efforts to ensure continuity of government.
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