,,iii #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #gdg ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,october #ai1 #bjbj,mrs4 ,loeffler 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 and ,mr4 ,cramer7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on the ,judiciary ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of the ,senate condemning the politicization of the #beth ,amendment to the ,constitution of the ,united ,states by the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives4 ,whereas the #beth ,amendment to the ,constitution of the ,united ,states 7referred to in this preamble as the #beth ,amendment7 states1 in section #d1 ,whenever the ,vice ,president and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as ,congress may by law provide1 transmit to the ,president pro tempore of the ,senate and the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives their written declaration that the ,president is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office1 the ,vice ,president shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as ,acting ,president42 ,whereas the #beth ,amendment was drafted in the wake of the death of ,president ,john ,f4 ,kennedy and was intended to provide for a clear path of succession in the event of the ,president's death or inability to discharge the powers and duties of his office1 and not as a political tool to remove a duly elected ,president in the absence of just cause2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives intends to introduce legislation creating a ,commission on ,presidential ,capacity to ,discharge the ,powers and ,duties of the ,office for the purposes of removing ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump from office under section #d of the #beth ,amendment2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives has failed to put forward a just cause for invoking the #beth ,amendment2 ,whereas the proposed actions by the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives are an unprecedented attempt to remove a duly elected ,president2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house ,representatives and the ,democratic ,caucus of the ,house of ,representatives have undertaken a multi-year campaign to delegitimize the duly elected ,president of the ,united ,states and overturn the results of the #bjaf ,presidential election1 and in the course of this campaign have wasted taxpayer dollars and weaponized ,house resources1 including committee and floor time1 that could have otherwise been used to help the people of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives is politicizing the #beth ,amendment and the health of the ,united ,states ,president during a global pandemic in order to influence the upcoming ,november elections2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives has failed to negotiate in good faith in regard to providing ,,covid-#ai relief to the people of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives is politicizing the #beth ,amendment and the health of the ,united ,states ,president in order to increase leverage on negotiations involving ,,covid-#ai relief2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives is abusing the power of the ,house of ,representatives1 violating the intent of the #beth ,amendment for political purposes1 and misusing taxpayer dollars2 ,whereas the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives is degrading the office she holds and conducting herself in a manner that does not reflect creditably on the ,house of ,representatives2 and ,whereas1 if allowed to stand1 this action by the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives would set a dangerous precedent for the constitutional system of ,government in the ,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate disapproves of the statements and actions of the ,speaker of the ,house of ,representatives and the ,democratic ,caucus of the ,house of ,representatives for politicizing the #beth ,amendment of the ,constitution of the ,united ,states4