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Sections 3 and 4 of the 25th amendment fill the disability gap, and in detail. The vice president is to become Acting President if 1) the president informs congress in writing, "that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," or 2) the vice president and a majority of members of the cabinet inform congress, in writing, that the president is so incapacitated.
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ViviThe term "acting President" refers normally to the Vice President who assumes the office temporarily due to incapacitation of the President (as for a surgical procedure). Should the Vice President be incapacitated as well, the office would pass to the next person in the line of succession, who is the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Normally the period of incapacitation is short, so this situation has never occurred.
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In case the president is disabled the way the vice president becomes president is determined by the which amendments?
25th Amendment.
Who becomes president of the US if the vice president or president should die?
Yes! The Vice President, the the Speaker of the House. This is the current line of succession: http://www.patriotstoolbox.org/america/presidentiallineofsuccession.htm
What is the difference between president and acting president?
There is a very big difference between president and acting president. The president is the leader full-time and the acting president just steps in when needed.
What is the president acting as when the president receives a foreign ambassador?
He is then acting as Head of State of the USA.
Who becomes president if the elected president can not serve?
The vice-president becomes President if the president can not function.
