The presiding office of the senate according to the constitution is _________?
A.speaker of the house
B.vice president
C.president
D.majority leader
2007-05-25 09:02:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate)
According to the United States Constitution, "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided." Other than being prepared to succeed to the presidency if needed, the vice president's only constitutional role is to preside over the Senate.
President Pro Tempore
The U.S. Constitution provides for a president pro tempore to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president. The president pro tem is third in the line of presidential succession, behind the vice president and the Speaker of the House. By tradition, this position goes to the senior member of the majority party.
2007-05-25 09:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas from Miisk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B. vice president
2007-05-25 16:06:04 · answer #2 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
b. vice president--he breaks all tie votes only
2007-05-25 17:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
B. VP for sure
2007-05-25 16:07:03 · answer #4 · answered by limasexy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋