Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said that Republican leadership staff is reviewing "protocol" about the possibility of former Vice President Dick Cheney lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.

“I think we’re checking the protocols on that. I’ll let you know soon,” Thune told reporters Tuesday when asked about honoring the vice president by placing his flag-draped casket at the center of the rotunda, an honor usually reserved for former presidents.

The last person to lie in state was former President Jimmy Carter in 2025.

Before that, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (Kan.) lay in state in 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The last former vice president who did not later rise to the presidency to lie in

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