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The Vice President of the United States[1] is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. Additionally, the Vice President also serves as the President of the Senate, and may break tie votes in that chamber.[2] In recent times, the President has assigned additional duties to the Vice President which fall outside the Vice President's constitutional duties. However, such duties are performed only as an agent and at the discretion of the President.[citation needed] The current incumbent is Richard B. Cheney, whose second term expires at noon on January 20, 2009, and after which he is to be succeeded by Joseph Biden, who was elected Vice President in the 2008 presidential election. The Twelfth Amendment states that "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."[3] Thus, to serve as Vice President, an individual must Under the Twenty-second Amendment, the President of the United States cannot be elected to more than two terms of office. Scholarly dispute persists over whether a former President barred from election to the Presidency is also ineligible to be elected Vice President. However, there is no similar such limition as to how many times one can be elected Vice President.
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