[Mouton]

No, he only presides over joint sessions of congress concerning results of electoral college votes and may only vote on ties in the Senate.

[savedbygrace]

Nope. He is the Presiding Officer, and is authorized to call a Recess:

https://www.riddick.gpo.gov/UserData/SenateProcedures/Presiding%20Officer.pdf#xml=http://www.riddick.gpo.gov/PdfHighlighter.aspx?DocId=110&Index=D%3a%5cWebSites%5cUserIndex%5cSenateProcedures%5c&HitCount=16&hits=7+8+25+26+b4+b5+1e8+1e9+260+261+273+274+9fa+9fb+9fd+9fe+

[Syncro]

Thanks that answers my question to that poster.

You sure?