section_path: Modern roles/Governing partner
section_name: Governing partner
paragraph_text: Governing partner
  
  Recent vice presidents have been delegated authority by presidents to handle significant issue areas independently. Joe Biden (who has held the office of President and Vice President of the United States) has observed that the presidency is "too big anymore for any one man or woman". Dick Cheney was considered to hold a tremendous amount of power and frequently made policy decisions on his own, without the knowledge of the president. Biden was assigned by Barack Obama to oversee Iraq policy; Obama was said to have said, "Joe, you do Iraq." In February 2020, Donald Trump appointed Mike Pence to lead his response to COVID-19. In March 2021, President Biden put Kamala Harris in charge of addressing the influx of migrants at the U.S.–Mexico border.