2007-02-05 11:47:43 · 20 answers · asked by Gali L 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
If they were to both die at the same time, or before a new VP was confirmed, then the Speaker of the House would become President. The full line of succession is:
1. Vice President Dick Cheney
2 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
3 President pro tem of the Senate Robert Byrd
4 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
5 Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
6 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
7 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
8 Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
9 Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns
-- Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (ineligible; not a natural-born citizen)
-- Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (ineligible; not a natural-born citizen)
10 Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt
11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson
12 Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
13 Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman
14 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
15 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson
16 Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
2007-02-05 12:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by JerH1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Speaker of the House would become President.
Right now Nancy Pelosi is second in line behind Cheney.
2007-02-05 11:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The speaker of the House, then the President Pro Tempore in the Senate, then Secretary of the State, followed by the secretary of the cabinet department in the order in which the cabinet was created.
2007-02-05 11:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Ryan S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Speaker of the House. Right now, that's Nancy Pelosi.
2007-02-05 11:50:06 · answer #4 · answered by bobcat97 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi.
2007-02-05 12:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by gbrannan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nancy Pelosi. i will merely dream of going from a mildly retarded human being to someone who has made corruption an paintings type, and are available to a decision a bored former trophy spouse from san francisco who's husband offered her into the living house. as a lot because it sickens me which could be a step up.
2016-11-02 10:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's speaker of the house, which in this case would be Nancy Pelosi. Which is ten times better than Hillary Clinton.
2007-02-05 11:50:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the feds don't find this question on here, you will be very lucky. Only dumbasses state hypotheticals like that about the president and the vice president. You are a terrorist. Run while you still can you dipshit.
2007-02-05 12:13:43 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The person that would bravely carry this country forward is Nancy Pelosi.
2007-02-05 12:02:48 · answer #9 · answered by GO HILLARY 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
speaker of the house. so if Bush were shot and Cheny had another one of them heart attacks all in the span od two days the Prez would be that chick from cali
2007-02-05 11:51:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋