Such is his Constitutional role. He sits up at the front of the Senate and chairs the meetings when he is there. The chairing is a formality- the Senate has rules that govern the debates and who gets the floor and for how long. However, the VP is allowed to break a tie-vote and there have been occasions when the VP decided some relatively important votes.
According to the United States Constitution, the Vice-President of the United States serves as the President of the Senate. This means that the Vice-President has the authority to preside over and manage the proceedings of the Senate. However, they only have the power to cast a vote in the event of a tie.
Carl Levin (D) is the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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The Chairman is Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico.
Faruq Nayek is the Chairman of the senate of Pakistan. he belongs to the Pakistani's largest political party PPP. before Chairman he was the Federal Minister of Law and Justice.
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As of now... April 2, 2009, John (Jay) Rockefeller IV is the current Chairman of Senate Commerce Committee.
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the senate pro tem.
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The Speaker of the House and the Majority Whip and the chairman of the Ways and Means committee in the House; the President of the Senate and the Majority Whip in the Senate and the chairman of the Senate committee that does the budget, guides this through congress.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is composed of eighteen members, ten Democrats and eight Republicans. The present Chairman is Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey.
Sam Nunn