<span>-in a report, called "Instances of the Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad 1798-1945", 103 interventions in the affairs of other countries between 1798 and 1895 were cited
-expansionism was increasingly encouraged by the millionaire press, the military, the gov't, the eager-to-please scholars of the time
-ideology of expansion was widespread in the upper circles of military men, politicians, businessmen, and among some of the leaders of farmers' movements who though foreign markets would help them.</span>
The year was 1985 on september 19
So if the vice president (president of the Senate) isn’t present, the president pro tempore (senator who’s been there the longest from the majority party) will take over.