[usapatriot28]

Actually, the Speaker of the House comes BEFORE the President pro-tempore of the Senate, in the line of succession.

[VRWCmember]

You are correct. The President pro-tempore of the Senate was originally next in line after the VP, but when congress last changed the order, they reversed them to give preference to the Speaker of the House. Of course, the Congress could change the law to put the mayor of DC into the line of succession if they wanted to -- not that they would consider that. But under the current law it is the speaker and then the president pro tempore of the senate.

Sadly, that means that when Alexander Haig infamously said "I'm in charge here" after Hinkley shot President Reagan, Jim "Eyebrows" Wright was actually the acting president until GHW Bush was able to step in and take charge. (Fortunately he didn't have time to screw anything up.)