Dick Cheney Hospitalized....What If?
Update: Cheney has left the hospital. He feels great, says his wife Lynn.
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Bump and Update: What happens if Dick Cheney resigns due to health reasons? According to the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1967:
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Nixon was the first to use the Amendment when Spiro Agnew resigned. He appointed Gerald Ford, who later became President when Nixon resigned.
Wouldn't this be quite the November surprise?
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Vice President Dick Cheney has checked himself into a hospital after experiencing shortness of breath.
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