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What amendment to the US Constitution limits the number of terms a US President can serve

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified in 1947, limits

a president to two elected terms. The amendment also prohibits a person from running for reelection more than once if he or she has already served more than two years of a term to which someone else had been elected. The Constitution of the United States specifies a four-year presidential term. It originally says nothing about how many terms a president could serve.

The 22nd Amendment

How does this confirm the framers intentions for the senate

They hoped that the smaller Senate would be a more enlightened and responsible body than the House of Representatives

Can both the federal and state government regulate trade within states

No. Congress regulates interstate and foreign commerce.

An order the president gives based on the authority of the constitution is called

An executive order

What type of committee is responsible for settling differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill

A Conference Committee

What does it mean that the vice president is ''only a heartbeat away'' from the presidency

People say that the Vice President is "only a heartbeat away" from the presidency because the vice president is first in the order of succession. If the President's heart should stop beating, the Vice President takes over the office.
If the president dies or otherwise become incapacitated, the vice-president becomes president.

Who established the formal qualifications for people who wish to be president

the Constitution

As the main author of american foreign policy the president acts as the nations what

Chief diplomat

What are States that are too close to call in presidential election are called

I've heard two phrases to describe such states:

  • Battleground states
  • Swing states

battleground states
Battleground States
Battleground states
Battleground States
When After a bill is introduced in the House and numbered what is the next step

It goes to Committee.

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