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To: MindBender26

I thought the Speaker of the House was third in line..

19 posted on 02/16/2008 10:42:38 AM PST by cardinal4

3d, if you count that Prez is already there.

1Vice President-President of the Senate 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
7 Attorney General Michael Mukasey
8 Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
9 Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer
— Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (non-natural)†
— Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (non-natural)†
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 Bodman
14 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
15 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake
16 Secretary of Homeland Security

24 posted on 02/16/2008 10:46:03 AM PST by MindBender26 (Ugliness can be cured by a light switch.)

Pelosi is second in line, Byrd next. First the House Speaker, next the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. YIKES!

26 posted on 02/16/2008 10:47:26 AM PST by txrangerette (Anyone, ANYONE but McCain/Huckabee!!)

#17 Jim Robinson!

27 posted on 02/16/2008 10:47:39 AM PST by MindBender26 (Ugliness can be cured by a light switch.)

You’re right, it’s Pelosi

29 posted on 02/16/2008 10:47:55 AM PST by WildcatClan (The epitome of irony is that few entities exist, less common, than common-sense.)

I thought the Speaker of the House was third in line..

Correct but that is position two behind the President.
VP
Speaker of the House Pelosi
President Pro tempore Senate Byrd

31 posted on 02/16/2008 10:48:32 AM PST by deport ( -- Cue Spooky Music --)

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