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The Vice President of the United States is the President and Chief Officer of the Senate, the upper house of Congress. He votes only in case there is a tie vote among the Senators.
The Vice President of the United States is the presiding officer in the Senate. It is only in the absence of the Vice President that the president pro tempore is empowered to preside.
In case of a tie vote in the Senate.
In case of a tie vote in the Senate.
In the United States, the President of the Senate is the Vice President of the United States. The President of the Senate only votes in order to break a tie. This has happened 242 times in the history of the United States.
The vice-president of the United States presides over the Senate. He can vote only in the case of a tie vote.
The vice president is the president of the U.S. Senate.In the US, the Vice President is the President of the Senate. In the US Constitution, the Vice President is the next in line of succession to the Presidency in case the President should be removed from office. Otherwise, the Vice President's only constitutionally prescribed role in government is to be the President of the Senate. In that capacity, he has the authority to preside over the Senate while in session, but may not vote in the Senate except to break a tie vote.
The President of the Senate (Vice President of the United States) is given that authority in the US Constitution.
The only time that the leader of the Senate (the Vice President) votes on issues is in the case of a tie in the Senate. The Vice President then must cast the tie-breaking vote.
He is not a member of the Senate but presides over the Senate. According to parliamentary rules, the presiding officer does not vote unless there is a tie vote.
The Vice President is the President of the Senate, although he is allowed to vote only in the case of a tie vote.