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The 25th Amendment, ratified by the states in 1967, declares that upon the removal, resignation or death of the president, the vice president assumes the presidency.
Commonly referred to as the Disability Clause, this constitutional provision also specifies that if the president is unable to perform the functions of his office, the vice president will serve as acting president.
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Most of us are ready to welcome a new team in Washington to run our huge government.
But how much change will President Joe Biden bring with him?
Without question, this will be the most diverse collection of cabinet members ever been assembled by a new president.
Bidenâs aim resembles that of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 put together a wide-range of political groups that he expected to gave his Democratic Party control of the presidency for many years.
In fact, he and his successor, Harry Truman, occupied the Oval Office for the twenty years.
A striking omission from Bidenâs cabinet appointments is the left-wing of his Democratic Party.