And what happens if that person can’t do the job? That’s where the presidential line of succession comes in. It provides a ...
President Trump's speech Tuesday night was delivered in front of members of both Houses of Congress and the entire presidential line of succession — with one notable exception. Each year, one ...
Being the actual designated survivor brings extra adrenaline jolts and humbling thoughts about being unwittingly catapulted ...
speaker of the House and all other cabinet officers in the presidential line of succession were incapacitated. There is no official protocol outlining how the administration is to select a ...
Collins became Veterans Affairs secretary on February 5. The Veterans Affairs secretary is 17th in the presidential line of succession, which was outlined in the Presidential Succession Act of ...
The tradition calls for a member of the president's cabinet to be absent from speeches to joint sessions of Congress to ensure the line of succession stays alive.