Vice-President. On impeachment for and conviction of trea- The manner of choosing the. The electors selves. [Amendments] The electors shall name, in distinct ballots, the person voted for as Vice-President. [Amendments]-------They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for a Vice-President, which lists they shall sign and certify, and send sealed to the seat of government, directed to the President of the Senate. [Amendments]-------The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted. [Amendments] The person having the greatest number of votes shall be Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors. [Amendments] If no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President. [Amendments].... A quorum for this purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the No person constitutionally ineligible as President shall be Violence. The United States shall guarantee to every State a The Vice-President, unless the Senate be equally divided, Vote requiring the concurrence of the two Houses (except upon a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President. Every order, resolution, or.. 28 12 - 28 12 4 I I 3 I 3 4 4 17 36 Vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or 1111. No person shall be convicted on an impeachment except by a... Whenever both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress may propose amendments to the Constitution by a..... The President may make treaties, with the advice and consent of the Senate, by a. Disabilities incurred by participation in insurrection or rebellion may be relieved by Congress by a. [Amendments]. W. War, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules con cerning captures on land and water. Congress shall I 8 11 9 For governing the land and naval forces. Congress shall War against the United States, adhering to their enemies, and affirmation, describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. No. [Amendments]__ Weights and measures. Congress shall fix the standard of Welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty, &c. To promote the general. [Preamble]. Welfare. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defense and general ............. Witness against himself. No person shall, in a criminal case, Witnesses in his favor. In all criminal prosecutions the accused Y. Yeas and nays of the members of either House shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journals. 1 5 3 5 The votes of both Houses upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the President with his objections shall I 726 RULE XLIV OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Jefferson's Manual shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House and the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.—(Adopted September 15, 1837.) 102 |