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  • Senate Changes Line of Succession

    07/26/2005 8:01:10 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 22 replies · 1,004+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/26/05 | AP - Washington, DC
    WASHINGTON - The Senate approved a bill Tuesday to raise the homeland security secretary from last to eighth place in the presidential line of succession, just after the attorney general. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Mike DeWine (news, bio, voting record), R-Ohio, passed without objection just before the chamber adjourned. The companion House bill, sponsored by Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., is pending before the Judiciary and Government Reform committees. If the bill also passes the House, the order of those in line to assume the presidency if President Bush is unable to serve would be: _Vice President Dick Cheney _House...