Who Swears in the Senate if there is no Vice-President?
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Free Bird
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« on: December 01, 2017, 02:40:28 AM »
This has had me thinking.

Hypothetically, let’s suggest that Obama resigned on November 9, 2016 to let Biden have the job he always wanted, it only for a little while or something (you can see why it would never happen). It wouldn’t make sense for Biden to nominate a VP with just two and a half months to go, so who would swear in the Senate?

Just curious.
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2017, 02:42:30 AM »
Quote from: Free Bird on December 01, 2017, 02:40:28 AM
This has had me thinking.

Hypothetically, let’s suggest that Obama resigned on November 9, 2016 to let Biden have the job he always wanted, it only for a little while or something (you can see why it would never happen). It wouldn’t make sense for Biden to nominate a VP with just two and a half months to go, so who would swear in the Senate?

Just curious.
I think if it’s a republican senate it would senator hatch.
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2017, 09:16:57 AM »
Most likely the President pro tempore (currently Orrin Hatch).
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2017, 09:37:29 AM »
Yeah, most likely the president pro tempore, but it could also just be whichever Senator is designated to be the presiding officer that day.
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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2017, 04:21:56 AM »
Quote from: SteveRogers on December 01, 2017, 09:37:29 AM
Yeah, most likely the president pro tempore, but it could also just be whichever Senator is designated to be the presiding officer that day.
Who would preside the oath if the president pro tempore is being sworn in?
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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2017, 07:21:29 AM »
Is swearing even allowed in the senate? I bet Kid Rock would do it if elected.
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