Co-Sponsor H.R. 8275 and Build the Capacity Commission

Section 4 of the 25th Amendment lets Congress build an alternative to the Cabinet for judging presidential capacity, and Congress has never built it.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 25, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter 25th Amendment How a president can be declared unable to serve

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Subject Co-Sponsor H.R. 8275 and Build the Body Section 4 Allows

The 25th Amendment plans for a president who cannot do the job, but Congress left part of it unbuilt.

Section 4 lets the vice president act with the Cabinet or with "such other body as Congress may by law provide." Congress has never created that body. So the only people who can start the process are the president's own appointees, who can be fired the day they raise it.

H.R. 8275 would build it: a 17-member commission of physicians, including psychiatrists, and former senior officials picked by leaders of both parties. It could examine a president only when Congress directs it to, and removal would still need two-thirds of both houses.

This is about capacity, and it would apply to every future president. When James Garfield was shot in 1881, the government waited 79 days with no plan.

Please co-sponsor H.R. 8275 and build the commission the 25th Amendment has allowed since 1967.

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I'm calling about H.R. 8275, the bill creating the Commission on Presidential Capacity.
Section 4 of the 25th Amendment lets Congress create an alternative to the Cabinet for deciding whether a president can serve. In 59 years Congress has never created it.
That leaves the decision to the president's own appointees, who can be fired the morning they raise the question.
Raskin's bill has 85 co-sponsors. It is about capacity, and removal would still need two-thirds of both houses. Please co-sponsor H.R. 8275.
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The Facts Behind the Ask

59 years since the 25th Amendment passed without Congress creating the alternative body Section 4 allows (source)
85 co-sponsors on H.R. 8275, the Commission on Presidential Capacity Act, all Democrats, as of September 2026 (source)
13 hours 46 minutes total presidential power ever transferred under the 25th Amendment, every time for a medical procedure (source)

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