2007-02-12 05:31:36 · 4 answers · asked by sylvia d 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
According to the US Constitution, the Vice-President of the United State is the President of the US Senate. In case of a tie, he casts the deciding vote.
2007-02-14 08:56:37 · answer #1 · answered by Ariel 128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vice President of the United States is designated by the Constitution as the President of the Senate. The current Vice President and President of the United States Senate is Dick Cheney. The Vice President holds a tie breaking vote in the Senate and does not usually preside over the Senate. Since its inception the role of casting a tie breaking vote in the Senate has been exercised 242 times. The Vice President of the United States with the most tie breaking votes is John Adams with 29. Freshman senators are traditionally assigned the role of presiding over the Senate in order to learn Senate procedure.
The U.S. Senate also elects, from its own membership, a President Pro Tempore. The President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate is traditionally the senator in the majority party with the longest amount of service. The President Pro Tempore handles many of the ceremonial functions of the Senate Presidency, including receiving executive communications on behalf of the Senate and appointing senators to preside over the Senate. The current President Pro Tempore is Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who took over the role with the start of the 110th Congress after Democrats claimed the majority in the 2006 mid-term elections.
2007-02-12 13:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by Brite Tiger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate.
Hope this helps.
2007-02-12 13:34:37 · answer #3 · answered by theearlybirdy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are we posting random sentence fragments from the Constitution? Here's mine:
"borrow money on the credit of the United States"
2007-02-12 13:38:01 · answer #4 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋