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Polybius

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6. Wow, so if no Speaker by the 20th...

Reply to Pototan (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:16 AM

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That seems to mean that the President Pro Tempore would become acting President, since that would be the next position in line. Biden and Harris will be out no matter what on noon of the 20th.

No President, no VP, no Speaker. That means (wait for it) 91 year old Chuck Grassley is Acting President. And I thought Trump was too old...

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