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Congressional Research Service Issues In Focus White Paper on Twenty-Fifth Amendment, Sections 3 and 4 - Presidential Disability
July 03, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11756) on July 2, 2024, by American national government analyst Karen L. Shanton:

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The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Sections 3 and 4 - Presidential Disability

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, proposed by Congress in 1965 and ratified by the states in 1967, provides for presidential succession, vice presidential vacancies, and presidential disability. Preside . . .

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