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To: brothers4thID
The President of the Senate has no power unless there is a tie vote.

Not being a scholar on the VP job, I wonder if he really is powerless or just by custom.

48 posted on 11/21/2015 4:31:52 PM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. RIH-GOP)
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To: itsahoot

The VP has no legal role in steering legislation, nor in committee assignments.

It is a ceremonial title.


81 posted on 11/21/2015 5:41:08 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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