The Vice President is responsible for situations in which the President fails to be present in decision making, or in cases in which he/she isn't present. Like back during "Reconstruction," President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated midterm in office. Andrew Johnson took his place and represented for him. YOU'VE BEEN SERVED!
In the U.S. the current presiding officer is Joseph Biden (the vice president)
Vice President
the Vice President
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Vice President
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== == == == the presiding officer in the senate is the vice president president of the senate
The US Senate.
Vice President.
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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.
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