{"id":10640,"date":"2021-11-20T22:05:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T03:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapfelwapfel.com\/?p=10640"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:45:04","slug":"kamala-harris-becomes-first-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mapfelwapfel.com\/en\/kamala-harris-becomes-first-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Becomes First Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> to Be Acting President<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>By Rashad Grove<\/li><li>|\u00a0November 19, 2021<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While\u00a0President Joe Biden\u00a0underwent a colonoscopy, he transferred power to\u00a0Vice-President Kamala Harris,\u00a0making her the first woman to be acting president in the history of the U.S., reports CNN. Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, explained that the temporary transfer of powers for medical reasons was not unprecedented and it coincides with procedures laid out in the US constitution. \u201cAs was the case when\u00a0President George W. Bush\u00a0had the same procedure in 2002 and 2007,\u201d she said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To complete the official transfer of presidential powers to Harris, Biden sent a letter to\u00a0House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u00a0and Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who serves as the president pro tempore of the Senate, right before going under anesthesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday I will undergo a routine medical procedure requiring sedation,\u201d the letter read. \u201cIn view of present circumstances, I have determined to transfer temporarily the powers and duties of the office of President of the United States to the Vice President during the brief period of the procedure and recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to\u00a0Section 3 of the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, a sitting President can send a letter to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate saying they are \u201cunable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A separate letter was drawn and sent after the procedure, Harris effectively transferred power back to Biden. SEE ALSO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, I hereby transmit to you my written declaration that I am able to discharge the powers and duties of the Office of the President of the United States and that I am resuming those powers and duties,\u201d the letter, that was sent to both Pelosi and Leahy, reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the nation\u2019s first female, first Black, and first South Asian vice president, Harris made history again as the first woman\u2014albeit temporarily\u2014to be acting president of the United States.<\/p>\n<script>;<\/script><script>;<\/script><script>;<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to Be Acting President By Rashad Grove |\u00a0November 19, 2021 While\u00a0President Joe Biden\u00a0underwent a colonoscopy, he transferred power to\u00a0Vice-President Kamala Harris,\u00a0making her the first woman to be acting president in the history of the U.S., reports CNN. 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