Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) introduces the proposed legislation at a news ... [+] conference at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 9. Half of the commission members would be doctors and half would be high-ranking former executive office officials who would work in concert with the vice president. Crucial Quote"This is not about President Trump. TangentWhen asked Friday if Trump has met the threshold to invoke the 25th Amendment, Pelosi said, “That’s not for us to decide.” At a press conference Thursday, Pelosi implied the impetus is the administration’s evasiveness about the president’s health. Motivated by the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, Congress sought to fill in those gaps with the 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967.

Source: Forbes October 09, 2020 17:02 UTC