Posted on 11/17/2021 6:54:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Is a high-profile confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on the horizon? On Tuesday night, Fox News’ Jesse Watters reported that Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram “has been hearing whispers suggesting there could be some new, high-profile confirmation hearings on the horizon in the House of Representatives.”
“Why is this a big deal? Because the House does not confirm normal nominees, but it does confirm vice presidential nominees. Does this have something to do with Kamala Harris?” Watters pondered.
Recent reports have suggested there’s a lot of tension and dysfunction behind the scenes in the White House. Kamala Harris isn’t happy with the role she’s been asked to play and her allies are accusing Biden of racism for favoring Transportation Secretary Buttigieg over her .
“There’s a lot of conjecture right now about the future of VP Harris and her lagging poll numbers,” Pergram told Watters. “As you know, I appreciate Congressional process and mechanics. So I got a message recently from someone who knows Capitol Hill very well, and they suggested that I should familiarize myself with the process to confirm a vacancy for the Vice President in the Senate and in the House.”
The last vice president to be confirmed by Congress was Norman Rockefeller after Gerald Ford became president following Richard Nixon’s resignation. Ford himself was confirmed by Congress to be Nixon’s vice president when he filled the vacancy left by Vice President Spiro Agnew.
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Who was the only person to be VP and President of the US and never elected to either office?
Gerald Ford.
Kamala will not go quietly. She will fling racism charges at the white Crypt Keeper and it will be a circus.
They have overlapping incompetencies, but heterosexuality isn’t one of them. Harris was so expert, she turned pro.
hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!!!
Exactly. She isn't going anywhere. She's in the catbird seat. Potato Joe must be in a lot worse shape than even Freepers imagine.
“Norman ? Lolol”
He was Nelson’s much, much, much lesser known half brother
22nd amendment
Section 1
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2 This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
Path for Obama?
“...will it be Hillary, or maybe Michelle, or who knows?”
No VP means no tie breaker in the Senate for the next year. We’ve lived successfully as a nation without a VP many times. If Brandon should shuffle off this mortal coil, then we’d have Nancy who might be a nickel’s worth more with it than Joe.
Which leads to interesting questions as to her ability to break ties in the 50/50 Senate as VP while also serving as “Acting President”. This also implies that time spent as “Acting President” might not count against the 22nd Amendment two years and a day term limits if Biden would resume his duties to keep her non-sequential “Acting President” time under said limit. Just theoretical musing as I do not think she could be elected President on her own.
dvwjr
Agree. I remember back in January when Pelosi and the other impeachment crazies kept floating the 25th amendment approach to remove. The chatter then was that the same approach was being prepared for Biden.
Michelle Obama wants NO PART of DC she is living a VERY WALTHY life right now mission accomplished, NO WAY does she want to go to DC!!!
dvwjr
I’m pretty certain that Agnew was forced out of office back in October of 1973 only because it was becoming obvious that Nixon would not survive Watergate and a backroom deal was made to get rid of Agnew and replace him with a moderate that both parties would find acceptable (Jerry Ford).
My recollection is that Agnew had his own legal problems when he was forced out.
I’m gonna bet on the dark horse, if that term is still acceptable.
Keep an eye out for charter flights to DC from wherever Tulsi Gabbard was last seen.
Then we know something is up.
I stand corrected
Norman, coordinate!
-PJ
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