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Qualifications of President and Vice President. Presidential and Vice Presidential Qualifications. Age: At least 35 Native Born Citizen Must have lived in the United States for 14 years. Salary.
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Presidential and Vice Presidential Qualifications Age: At least 35 Native Born Citizen Must have lived in the United States for 14 years.
Salary • 2001 – raised to $400,000.00 plus a $50,000.00 expense account (any unused part of the expense account must be returned to the treasury) • Vice President - $221,100.00 + $10,000.00 • Retired Presidents get a yearly payment of $196,700(Executive Cabinet head salary) + up to $150,000.00 a year for staff and office.
Retired Presidents • It's estimated that the minimum amount President Clinton's pension and staff will cost U.S. taxpayers if his life span is average is $6,072,000. • President George H. W. Bush declined his pension • President George W. Bush will be the first president with a 10-year Secret Service limit
Presidential Salary • 1789 $ 25,000 • 1873 $ 50,000 • 1909 $ 75,000 • 1949 $100,000 ($50,000 budget added) • 1969 $200,000 • 2001 $400,000
Presidential Perks • Free room and board • Camp David, Maryland Originally called Shangri-la by FDR Renamed Camp David by Ike • Medical care • Car and driver • Office and house staff • There is a tennis court, putting green, jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater billiard room and a bowling alley.
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Presidential and Vice Presidential Terms • George Washington established the precedent of 2 terms for a President. • “I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent. “ • Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first and last President elected to four terms. • 22nd Amendment limits the President to two elected terms.(Can serve 10 years.)
Election • Originally the members of the Electoral College voted for two candidates for President. • First became President and the second Vice President. • Election of 1800 took 36 rounds of voting in the House to elect Jefferson over Burr • 12th Amendment let them vote separately. • No Vice President has ever served more than 2 terms. FDR’s Vice Presidents were: John Nance Garner, Henry Agard Wallace, Harry Truman http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x94g4k?autoplay=1&wmode=opaque
Presidential Succession Act of 1947 • Vice President • Speaker of the House • President Pro Tempore of the Senate • Secretary of State • Secretary of the Treasury • Secretary of Defense • Attorney General • Secretaries of departments in theorder they were created
Twenty-fifth Amendment • 1967 • If President dies or leaves office the Vice President takes the office of President. • A new Vice President is chosen. • Both houses of Congress must approve. • Allows Vice President to become acting President if President is incapacitated.
Ronald Reagan • March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, and two others were struck by gunfire • John Hinckley, Jr. -would-be assassin - who said he did it for actress Jodie Foster • President Reagan was shot in the chest and lost almost half of his blood • Operation took three hours – George H.W. Bush became acting President during this time. • ARCHIVAL VIDEO: Ronald Reagan Survives an Assassination Attempt Video - ABC News
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