About the resolution
An alternative option: any president must first win the game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Context
Incumbent President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump, both of whom set new records for the oldest president ever, have also both faced concerns about their mental fitness for the office.
The book The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President became a bestseller. As for Biden, a “greatest hits” of his presidency so far have included mistakenly calling out for a deceased congresswoman at a public event, claiming his own son died in Iraq when he actually died of a brain tumor in the U.S., and referring to the January 6 riot as “July 6,”
What the proposal does
The …
Sponsor and status
118th Congress (2023–2025)
Introduced on Feb 21, 2023
This resolution is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on February 21, 2023. It will typically be considered by committee next before it is possibly sent on to the House or Senate as a whole.
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H.J.Res. 35 is a joint resolution in the United States Congress.
A joint resolution is often used in the same manner as a bill. If passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and signed by the President, it becomes a law. Joint resolutions are also used to propose amendments to the Constitution.
Resolutions numbers restart every two years. That means there are other resolutions with the number H.J.Res. 35. This is the one from the 118th Congress.
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