Part of the job description of the U. S. Vice President is President of the U. S. Senate, and his or her pension is based on his/her service in Congress. Someone who serves in Congress for at least five years, including time served as Vice President, receives a pension equal to the average pay of the three years in which he/she earned the most, up to a maximum of 80% of his/her final pay rate. The former Vice President can start collecting at age 62 if he/she served at least five years, at age 50 if he/she served at least 20 years, or at any time if he/she served at least 25 years.
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Yes, all ex-Presidents receive Secret Service protection.
The national conventions. Ex the Democratic Nation Convention where they nominated Obama
Yes, they may. There are no qualifications or limitations in either article 1 or 2 of the constitution that would prevent a candidate for the senate from also running for President or Vice-President.
The man most against it was Vice-President John C. Calhoun who resigned his post in order to run for the Senate. Andrew Jackson signed the bill for this tariff which was a reduction over the tariff of 1828. It was mostly written by ex-President John Quincy Adams. I do not know of any past or future presidents who actively were against it.
No ex-president has later become a Secretary of State- six have moved up from Secretary of State to president, however.