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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 747 

Expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the politicization of the 

25th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States by the Speaker 

of the House of Representatives. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2020 

Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself, Mr. TILLIS, and Mr. CRAMER) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate condemning the 

politicization of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution 

of the United States by the Speaker of the House of 

Representatives. 

Whereas the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of the 

United States (referred to in this preamble as the ‘‘25th 

Amendment’’) states, in section 4, ‘‘Whenever the Vice 

President and a majority of either the principal officers 

of the executive departments or of such other body as 

Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President 

pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House 

of Representatives their written declaration that the 

President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of 

his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume 

the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.’’; 


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Whereas the 25th Amendment was drafted in the wake of the 

death of President John F. Kennedy and was intended 

to provide for a clear path of succession in the event of 

the President’s death or inability to discharge the powers 

and duties of his office, and not as a political tool to remove a duly elected President in the absence of just 

cause; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives intends 

to introduce legislation creating a Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of 

the Office for the purposes of removing President Donald 

J. Trump from office under section 4 of the 25th Amendment; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives has 

failed to put forward a just cause for invoking the 25th 

Amendment; 

Whereas the proposed actions by the Speaker of the House 

of Representatives are an unprecedented attempt to remove a duly elected President; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House Representatives and the 

Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives have 

undertaken a multi-year campaign to delegitimize the 

duly elected President of the United States and overturn 

the results of the 2016 Presidential election, and in the 

course of this campaign have wasted taxpayer dollars and 

weaponized House resources, including committee and 

floor time, that could have otherwise been used to help 

the people of the United States; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives is politicizing the 25th Amendment and the health of the 


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United States President during a global pandemic in 

order to influence the upcoming November elections; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives has 

failed to negotiate in good faith in regard to providing 

COVID–19 relief to the people of the United States; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives is politicizing the 25th Amendment and the health of the 

United States President in order to increase leverage on 

negotiations involving COVID–19 relief; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives is 

abusing the power of the House of Representatives, violating the intent of the 25th Amendment for political 

purposes, and misusing taxpayer dollars; 

Whereas the Speaker of the House of Representatives is degrading the office she holds and conducting herself in a 

manner that does not reflect creditably on the House of 

Representatives; and 

Whereas, if allowed to stand, this action by the Speaker of 

the House of Representatives would set a dangerous 

precedent for the constitutional system of Government in 

the United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate disapproves of the state2 ments and actions of the Speaker of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Democratic Caucus of the House of 

4 Representatives for politicizing the 25th Amendment of 

5 the Constitution of the United States. 

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