Dick Cheney - 1600 PA Avenue

The office is definitely what a vice president makes of it; the Constitution offers no guidelines for the vice president other than that the "Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate," but he or she can vote ...

There are now four living former U.S. presidents: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. There are also four living former U.S. vice presidents (who never became president): Walter Mondale, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, and Dick Cheney. Oddly ...

In the vice presidential debate Thursday, Republican candidate Sarah Palin differed from Democratic pick Joe Biden on the topic of exactly what the vice president's job is or ought to be. "I'm thankful the Constitution would allow a bit more authority given ...

Quayles and Cheneys and Gores, oh my! Burr was Thomas Jefferson's vice president at the time, and his action remains the highest-profile act ever committed by a sitting VP short of actually becoming president.It's as if Dick Cheney had gunned down an ...

The very first vice president thought the job to be a tedious waste of time, but the office has steadily gained in influence to its current apogee of power under Dick Cheney.Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are finalizing their selection ...

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