Passed by Congress in , and ratified by the states on February 27, , the Twenty-Second Amendment limits an elected president to two terms in office, a total of eight years. However, it is possible for an individual to serve up to ten years as president.
If more than two years remain of the term when the successor assumes office, the new president may serve only one additional term. Home 22nd Amendment. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President four times, serving from until his death in ; he is the only President ever to have served more than two terms.
When the President travels by plane, his or her aircraft is designated Air Force One; the President may also use a Marine Corps helicopter, known as Marine One while the President is on board.
For ground travel, the President uses an armored presidential limousine. Each elector casts one vote for President and another for Vice President. Before the ratification of the 12th Amendment in , electors only voted for President, and the person who received the second greatest number of votes became Vice President.
The Vice President also serves as the President of the United States Senate, where he or she casts the deciding vote in the case of a tie. Except in the case of tie-breaking votes, the Vice President rarely actually presides over the Senate. Instead, the Senate selects one of their own members, usually junior members of the majority party, to preside over the Senate each day. Kamala D. Harris is the 49th Vice President of the United States.
She is the first woman and first woman of color to be elected to this position. The duties of the Vice President, outside of those enumerated in the Constitution, are at the discretion of the current President. Each Vice President approaches the role differently — some take on a specific policy portfolio, others serve simply as a top adviser to the President.
Of the 48 previous Vice Presidents, nine have succeeded to the Presidency, and five have been elected to the Presidency in their own right.
This peaceful mansion has been the official home of the Vice President since — previously, Vice Presidents had lived in their own private residences. While Senate confirmation is required for some advisers, such as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, most are appointed with full Presidential discretion. The individual offices that these advisors oversee have grown in size and number since the EOP was created. Some were formed by Congress, others as the President has needed them — they are constantly shifting as each President identifies his or her needs and priorities.
Less visible to most Americans is the National Security Council, which advises the President on foreign policy, intelligence, and national security. There are also a number of offices responsible for the practicalities of maintaining the White House and providing logistical support for the President. However, the majority of the staff is housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, just a few steps away and part of the White House compound.
The Cabinet is an advisory body made up of the heads of the 15 executive departments. In addition to running major federal agencies, they play an important role in the Presidential line of succession — after the Vice President, Speaker of the House, and Senate President pro tempore, the line of succession continues with the Cabinet offices in the order in which the departments were created. All the members of the Cabinet take the title Secretary, excepting the head of the Justice Department, who is styled Attorney General.
The U. Its aims include meeting the needs of farmers and ranchers, promoting agricultural trade and production, assuring food safety, protecting forests and other natural resources, fostering rural prosperity, and ending hunger in America and abroad. The USDA also plays an important role in overseas aid programs by providing surplus foods to developing countries.
The Department of Commerce is the government agency tasked with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity. The department supports U. The agency also formulates telecommunications and technology policy, and promotes U.
The mission of the Department of Defense DOD is to provide the military forces needed to deter war and to protect the security of our country. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress. On this day in , the 22nd Amendment was ratified, limiting the number of terms served by the President.
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