who will become the us president and the vice
2007-10-04 14:20:58 · 30 answers · asked by akshay 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
then the speaker must die too , after that I thin it is a majority wip dies
2007-10-04 14:23:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Speaker of the House becomes President
2007-10-04 21:25:13 · answer #2 · answered by charlie the 2na 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaker of the House becomes President
2007-10-04 21:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The House Speaker becomes President, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate becomes VP.
2007-10-04 21:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by Baker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
names may be different but the titles are the same
The Vice President Dick Cheney
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
President pro tempore of the Senate1 Robert Byrd
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez2
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao3
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters
Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
2007-10-04 21:25:46 · answer #5 · answered by G L 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The 25th Amendment reiterates what is stated in Article 2, Section 1: that the Vice President is the direct successor of the President. He or she will become President if the President cannot serve for whatever reason. The 25th also provides for a President who is temporarily disabled, such as if the President has a surgical procedure or if he or she become mentally unstable.
The original Constitution provides that if neither the President nor Vice President can serve, the Congress shall provide law stating who is next in line. Currently that law exists as 3 USC 19, a section of the U.S. Code. This law was established as part of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. There, the following line of succession is provided:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
The only exception to the line provided in the law states that to ascend to the Presidency, the next person in line must be constitutionally eligible. Any person holding an office in the line of succession who, for example, is not a naturally-born citizen cannot become President. In this case, that person would be skipped and the next eligible person in the line would become President.
2007-10-04 21:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Lynnea 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Line of succession after the president:
1 Vice President Dick Cheney
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
3 President Pro Tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
4 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
5 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson
6 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
— Attorney General Peter Keisler (acting)
7 Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
— Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner (acting)
— Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (non-natural)
— Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (non-natural)
8 Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt
9 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson
10 Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
11 Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
12 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
— Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon Mansfield (acting)
13 Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
2007-10-04 21:25:02 · answer #7 · answered by Pieter K 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Speaker of the House, top dog in the Congress, would become the president.
2007-10-04 21:24:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Speaker of the House ascends, followed by the President Pro Tem of the Senate, then Secretary of State.
2007-10-04 21:24:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Speaker of the House
2007-10-04 21:24:50 · answer #10 · answered by Ernie B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speaker of the House
2007-10-04 21:24:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋