Who comes after the speaker of the house?
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It is called Order of Order of Presidential Succession\n\nBelow is the explaination and the list if God Forbid something happens tomorrow....\n\nOrder of Presidential Succession\nAccording to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore1 was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House. \n\nIn 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office. \n\nThe Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established. \n\nPrior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.\n\nThe Vice President Richard Cheney\nSpeaker of the House John Dennis Hastert\nPresident pro tempore of the Senate1 Ted Stevens\nSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice\nSecretary of the Treasury John Snow\nSecretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld\nAttorney General Alberto Gonzales\nSecretary of the Interior (Vacant)\nSecretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns\nSecretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez2\nSecretary of Labor Elaine Chao3\nSecretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt\nSecretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson\nSecretary of Transportation Norman Yoshio Mineta\nSecretary of Energy Samuel Bodman\nSecretary of Education Margaret Spellings\nSecretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson\nSecretary of Homeland Security4 Michael Chertoff\nNOTE: An official cannot succeed to the Presidency unless that person meets the Constitutional requirements.\n1. The president pro tempore presides over the Senate when the vice president is absent. By tradition the position is held by the senior member of the majority party.\n2. Carlos Gutierrez was born in Cuba and is ineligible.\n3. Elaine Chao was born in Taiwan and is ineligible.\n4. In late July 2005, the Senate passed a bill moving the Homeland Security secretary to number 8 on the list. The bill is awaiting House approval.\n\nI hope this helps!!!
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Speaker of the House is Dennis Hastart a Republican from Illinois, Majority leader is now John Boehner(sp) a Republican from Ohio, & the Minority leader is Nancy Pelosi a Democrat from California
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executive (president), legislative (congress), judicial (supreme court).
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Speaker of the House...so currently that is Dennis Hastert
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Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert right now.
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They are selected by the party leadership based on seniority and by power brokering.   That is why you will find Republican chairmen when they are in power, and vice versa.  \n\nAll of the committee leaderships will change in the House now that Pelosi is speaker.
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1) The Speaker of the House, who would become the President if something happened to both the President and Vice-President.  The Speaker usually (but not always) comes from the party with the most members, or the "majority" party.\n\n2) The Majority Leader, who is the head of the majority party (after the Speaker, assuming he is from the majority party).\n\n3) The Minority Leader, who is the head of the minority party.\n\n4) The Whip, whose job is to make sure the party members show up and vote the way the leaders want them to.
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The Speaker of the House (what you're calling house majority leader) has more power because that's the way our Founding Fathers set it up.  Senators are not necessarily more powerful than House members.  Newly-elected Senators are much less powerful than House committee chairpersons.  The Committee chairmen of Appropriations, Rules and Ways and Means are extremely powerful.  Congressmen would much rather have these jobs than Senate Majority Leader.  With Appropriations and Ways and Means you're controlling the purse of the country and with Rules, you're controlling the agenda.
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Couldn`t be more pleased. CHECK-MATE republicans.Gotta love the attitude of the new speaker of the house too. I have a feeling she`s ganna give them a run for their money HA HA HA
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Democrats will take the house.\n\nAs for the Senate, it could be a tie!
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She's not automatically the Speaker.  SHe is currently the minority leader, which makes her a clear choice to be elected once the Congress meets in January.  It is unlikely that they will choose anyone else.
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James Polk was Speaker of the House from 1835 to 1839, and the 11th Present of the United States from 1845 to 1849.\n\nGerald Ford was never Speaker of the House. He was the House Minority Leader, and after Agnew resigned, Nixon nominated him to be the Vice President. The Senate voted 92 to 3 to confirm, and the House 387 to 35 to confirm.
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In the United States, \nin the U.S. House of Representatives \nand in state legislatures and local government councils, \nthe speaker is usually SELECTED \nby the members of the majority party \nand functions as a leader of that party. \n\nThus, though the speaker is expected to be fair, \nhe or she uses procedural rulings \nto advance the causes and agenda of his or her own party.\n\nCeremonially, the speaker may represent the whole house, \nbut politically he or she is the legislative voice \nof the party in power.\n\nThe Speaker of the House of Representatives \nin the U.S. Congress \nis second in line for succession to the presidency: \nshould the president and vice president be unable to serve, \nthe speaker becomes president.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House#United_States
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when a president dies first the Vice President becomes president. \nafter that it goes like this\n1. Speaker of the House \n2. President pro-tempore of the senate\n3. Secretary of State\n4. Secretary of the Treasury\n5. Secretary of Defense\n6.  Attorney General\n7. Secretary of Interior \n8. Secretary of Agriculture\n9. Secretary of Commerce\n10. Secretary of Labor\n11. Secretary of Health and Human Services\n12. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development\n13. Secretary of Transportation\n14. Secretary of Energy\n15. Secretary of Education\n16. Secretary of Veterans Affairs\n17. Secretary of Homeland Security
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The current Speaker of the House of Representatives is Dennis Hastert.
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They choose a  new pope and the Speaker of the House becomes VP.
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1.  B.  The order is Speaker of the House, then President Pro Tempore of the Senate, then the Cabinet positions in order of their creation (State is first).\n\n2.  A.  Only because many state constitutions have a Bill of Rights incorporated into the document (see the Illinois Constitution) and not as a separate set of amendments.\n\n3.  A.  A bill originating in the Senate would be SR.