“No, his role is to cast a tie breaking vote in case of disputes between the States that resulted in ties in the Senate.”
Yes, but what about the clause that names the VP President of the Senate? What was the rationale behind that?
Yes, that clause sets him up to preside over the senate. The title is President of the Senate. The full sentance is:
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.In other words, he has a Legislative function as the leader of the Senate. It is purely a Legislative function. Like the Speaker of the House.
There are 2 Legislative branches in our government. Headed by 2 people: The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. If the President of the United States dies, the next in line is the leader of the Senate (aka the President of the Senate) and the person in line after that is the leader of the House (aka the Speaker of the House).