Vice President
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
True.
Think it might be Leahy (D).
Grassley.
Leahy succeeded prior president pro tempore Chuck Grassley (R) of Iowa when the Democratic Party gained a majority in the Senate in January 2021.
https://ballotpedia.org/President_of_the_U.S._Senate
and after Leahy, it's Blinken, then Yellen
yikes! order of succession:
Vice President Speaker of the House President Pro Tempore of the Senate Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy Secretary of Education Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Homeland Security
There's just no good names in that line of succession. It doesn't help that we have such an anemic bench.
What's up with the Interior Secretary of Agriculture being in that line? Who thought that was a good idea.
Maybe this is a field of corn, all ready to be cut...
What kind of thinking put the secretary of education ahead of secretary of homeland security?
OK, good catch.