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Kalwejt
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« on: June 08, 2017, 11:36:46 AM »
I remember this being a case in The West Wing, when during a VP vacancy the Speaker was called to serve as Acting President. But no definitive answer was provided, I believe. Nonetheless, they had to draft a prospective list.
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Kalwejt
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2017, 03:14:28 PM »
A little off-topic, but in the 60s there was a proposition that if the Vice Presidency is vacant, the next person in the line of succession should receive the official title of "Acting Vice President".

Similarly, James Eastland was refereed by some as "Acting Vice President" in the 70s, due to his role as PPT when there was no VP. But he was not first in the line of succession.
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