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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Siarlys</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Please elaborate on this statement:</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Succession to the office of president, beyond the vice president, is established by a congressional</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">statute, adopted under the authority of Amendment XX (1933) and Amendment XXV (1967). </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The congressional statute you refer to (which I saw before starting this thread but thought was part of the amendment), states explicitly that the Speaker or President pro temp must resign before assuming the presidency. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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