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Opinion: Byrd Was Third in Line for the Presidency?
By not in system - AOL News(July 1) -- The death of Sen. Robert Byrd at 92 highlights a strange and unsettling fact about the American political system. At the time of his death, the senator -- who had to be gently removed from his perch as Appropriations Committee chairman in 2008 because of his inability to do that job -- stood third in line for the presidency. A decapitating strike at the nation's government that killed or incapacitated the president, vice president and speaker of the House would have put Byrd in the White House. It is clearly way past time to revisit the line of succession for the nation's ...
John Boehner, Confident About November, Talks About Being Speaker
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWith polls showing growing voter discontent with Congress generally and frustration with Democrats specifically, House Minority Leader John Boehner Thursday talked about the possibility he could be the next Speaker of the House. Boehner would become the speaker if Republicans win 41 seats back from Democrats in the midterm elections and his caucus elects him as its leader again. "If we're fortunate enough to earn back the majority and I'm fortunate enough to be the next Speaker of the House, we're going to run the House differently than it's being done today and differently than it was run ...
Report Shows Nancy Pelosi Abused Military Plane Privileges
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyAn analysis of e-mail exchanges between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) office and the Pentagon shows that Pelosi aggressively abused her privilege as Speaker to travel on military aircraft, according to the conservative legal group Judicial Watch. The group obtained the e-mails through a Freedom of Information Act request. The correspondence shows that Pelosi made repeated requests for military aircraft, over and above what the military considered necessary, frequently cancelled arrangements at the last minute, and through her staff was abusive to Pentagon employees seeking to meet her ...
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