Major B said:
The Senate is technically led by the VP of the US. The De Facto leader is the Majority Leader of the Senate. Pelosi has never been in the Senate.
The House, being a lot bigger, is led by The Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the second person in the pecking order is the Majority Leader of the House. Pelosi has been speaker since Jan 2007. She represents the most liberal congressional district in the US.
I don't get it, how is she 3rd in the pecking order.
Never mind, I googled it and she is not 3rd. Speaker of the House is 3rd and she isn't even on the list;
* Vice President
* Speaker of the House
* President Pro Tempore of the Senate
* Secretary of State
* Secretary of the Treasury
* Secretary of Defense
* Attorney General
* Secretary of the Interior
* Secretary of Agriculture
* Secretary of Commerce
* Secretary of Labor
* Secretary of Health and Human Services
* Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
* Secretary of Transportation
* Secretary of Energy
* Secretary of Education
* Secretary of Veterans Affairs
* Secretary of Homeland Security