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    Vice President of the United States - Wikipedia

    • The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest ranking office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vic… See more

    History and development

    No mention of an office of vice president was made at the 1787 Constitutional Convention until near the end, when an eleven-member committee on "Leftover Business" proposed a method of electing the chief ex… See more

    Constitutional roles

    Although delegates to the constitutional convention approved establishing the office, with both its executive and senatorial functions, not many understood the office, and so they gave the vice president few duties and l… See more

    Modern roles

    The present-day power of the office flows primarily from formal and informal delegations of authority from the president and Congress. These delegations can vary in significance; for example, the vice president i… See more

    Who can become president?
    In the US anyone, in theory, can become president. Even a Hollywood actor like Ronald Reagan or a reality TV star like the Donald. Ditto Australia, where a kid from rural Jeparit can be reborn as our longest-serving and most pompous prime minister (Menzies).
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