ABSTRACT
The revised Henry Reuss proposal provides that if three-fifths of both houses of Congress vote no confidence in the president, a general election will be held in which not only a president and vice-president will be chosen, but also members for all seats in the Senate and House of Representatives. It makes sense to look at British experience, since the no confidence vote is borrowed from the parliamentary system and since it was Great Britain that provided the model for that system which has been imitated with variation by many other countries. Supplementing the parliamentary with the democratic idea, a further convention gives a government defeated on a vote of confidence the option of appealing to the country instead of resigning. The Conservatives had the largest party in the House, but had resigned when defeated by the combined votes of Liberals and Labourites.
