A new speaker is elected if the speaker can not function.
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Speaker doesn't have anything to do with a person becoming president. If something does happen to a speaker the house would choose another person.
Nancy Pelosi is the current speaker of the house. She serves the 8th district of California.
speaker of the houseThe presiding officer in the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House. In 2014 the Speaker of the House is John Boehner.The Speaker of the House is the officer that presides over the House of Representatives. The current Speaker is John Boehner (R-OH). [January 2011]The speaker of the house. For a few more months it is Nancy Pelosi, but since the Republicans took the house recently, John Boehner of Ohio will likely become the new speaker of the house.The Speaker of the House presides over the US House of Representatives. John Boehner (R-OH) serves as Speaker of the House from January 2011 until January 2013, unless he is removed from that position by a House vote before that time, or his speakership is extended by a majority vote in 2013.The speaker is the head of the majority party.
The US presidential line of succession is as follows. After president it is Vice President, or Speaker of House, or President pro tempore of the Senate, or Secretary of State, or Secretary of treasury, secretary of defense, or Attorney General in that order.
The Speaker of the House. When the democrats were in the majority, Nancy Pelosi was Speaker. The House is currently under republican control and John Boehner occupies the Speakers chair.
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