Can a president and Vice president be impeached together? If so, who then would become president?
They can be impeached together. Impeachment, however, is not removal from office, it’s only the first step, so even if impeached, George Bush would remain Presidnet unless convicted of the “high crimes and msdemeanors” alledged in the articles of impeachment. The Senate has the trial with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presiding. If convicted, then the officer is removed. If both President and Vice President were removed the Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) would be come President. After that, the sucession is President Pro Tempore of the Senate (Robert Byrd) and then the members of the Cabinet in the order in which the departments were established. Secretary of State (Condoleezza Rice) Secretary of the Treasury (Henry Paulson) Secretary of Defense (Robert Gates) Attorney General (Michael Mukasey) Secretary of the Interior (Dirk Kempthorne) Secretary of Agriculture (Charles F. Conner) Secretary of Commerce (Carlos Gutierrez) Secretary of Labor (Elaine Chao) Secretary of Heal
