1. As Peronist leaders squabbled over presidential succession, Argentines were unable to remove money from their bank accounts, and business activity ground to a halt. 2. As president pro tem of the Senate, Thurmond is behind the vice president and the speaker of the House of Representatives in the line of presidential succession. 3. Because when Newt Gingrich becomes speaker of the House, that puts him third in the line of presidential succession, after Gore. 4. A statement issued by the commission said the agenda for the talks included not only legislative and local elections that are already scheduled, but also the presidential succession. 5. But Harrison died a month after his inauguration, and Tyler became the first U.S. president by vice presidential succession. 6. But he did not discuss the issue for long with Clinton, making it clear he wanted to wait for the presidential succession. 7. Having just been elected Speaker, he now stands right behind Vice President Gore in the presidential succession. 8. He has been kept apart from President Bush as much as possible, in order to ensure presidential succession in case of further terrorist attacks. 9. He has found and exploited what seems to be an actual loophole in the Constitution and the various amendments concerning the presidential succession. 10. If the presidential election is still disputed on Inauguration Day, the soft-spoken Illinois representative could indeed take over the White House because of the rules of presidential succession. |
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