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If Trump is temporarily incapacitated and Pence assumes the presidency during that time, would he still be eligible to cast a tie breaking senate vote?

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4 replies	Author	Time	Post
Constitutional question... (Original post)	PTWB	Oct 2020	OP
Doubt it.	Rule of Claw	Oct 2020	#1
Yes. He remains Vice President.	NYC Liberal	Oct 2020	#2
He's merely assuming the power of the office	Codeine	Oct 2020	#3
Yes, as long as the incapacity is temporary. If the president died, the office of vice president	tritsofme	Oct 2020	#4

Response to PTWB (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:57 PM

Rule of Claw (500 posts)

1. Doubt it.

But there could be 20-30 Senators with this.

This is a crisis already.

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Response to PTWB (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 09:05 PM

NYC Liberal (19,834 posts)

2. Yes. He remains Vice President.

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Response to PTWB (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 09:06 PM

Codeine (25,586 posts)

3. He's merely assuming the power of the office

temporarily; he is still the Vice President during this period.

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Response to PTWB (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 09:10 PM

tritsofme (15,784 posts)

4. Yes, as long as the incapacity is temporary. If the president died, the office of vice president

would be vacant until a new one was confirmed by both congressional chambers, or until January, and there would be no one to cast a tie breaking vote during that period.

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