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The Constitution provides for two officers to preside over the Senate. Article One, Section 3, Clause 4 designates the vice president of the United States as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president was expected to preside at regular sessions of the Senate, casting votes only to break ties.
The sitting vice president is expected to preside, but in several cases the president pro tempore of the Senate has chaired the proceedings instead. The vice president and the speaker of the House sit at the podium, with the vice president in the seat of the speaker of the House. Senate pages bring in the two mahogany boxes containing each ...
John Adams, the first vice president of the United States, cast 29 tie-breaking votes during his tenure. His first vote was on July 18, 1789. [4] He used his votes to preserve the president's sole authority over the removal of appointees, [5] influence the location of the national capital, [6] and prevent war with Great Britain. [7]
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday broke the record by casting the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate in U.S. history. ... Her Tuesday vote also puts the U.S. at 300 tie breaks since 1789 ...
The vice president has three constitutional functions: to replace the president in the event of death, disability or resignation; to count the votes of electors for president and vice president and declare the winners before a joint session of Congress; and to preside over the Senate (with the role of breaking ties).
This stipulation was designed to avoid the possible conflict of interest in having the vice president preside over the trial for the removal of the one official standing between them and the presidency. [48] In contrast, the Constitution is silent about which federal official would preside were the vice president on trial by the Senate.
Johnson’s path to power led him from a tough life in the Texas Hill Country to the House of Representatives by 26, the Senate by 40, Senate majority leader by 46, and vice president by 52.
The vice president also serves as the president of the Senate and may choose to cast a tie-breaking vote on decisions made by the Senate. Vice presidents have exercised this latter power to varying extents over the years. [2] Two vice presidents—George Clinton and John C. Calhoun—served under more than one president. The incumbent vice ...