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Published Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008 | 3:23 p.m.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 | 10:15 a.m.
Responding to a question from a third-grader today, here's Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin:
A vice president has a really great job, because not only are they there to support the president's agenda, they're like the team member, the teammate to that president, but also they're in charge of the United States Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom. And it's a great job and I look forward to having that job.
Sen. Reid? Have anything to say about that?
Senator Reid might be the political leader of the Senator (not really sure about that because Yucca still gets funded each year).
The VP is the President of the Senate.
The VP can at any time take control of the chair and run the Senate session.
The VP also votes in case of a ties.
The lib media, like the Sun, is always giving Biden a free ride.
Why do they give him and Obama a free ride?
It is very simple. They politically support Biden and Obama.
It is either bias corruption or just incompetence/laziness.
It has to be one or the other.
Biden: "as vice president, to preside over the Senate, only in a time when in fact there's a tie vote. The Constitution is explicit."
Wrong: The VP can preside over the Senate anytime that they want to. It is explicit in the Constitution and in Senate rules. There are many times that they choose to preside over the Senate and not cast a vote. The joint sessions of Congress traditionally have the VP preside over the Senate. I also believe that the first day of a Senate is normally has the VP presiding over the Senate. According to Biden, the Constitution explicitly forbids this from happening.
Biden: "The idea he doesn't realize that Article I of the Constitution defines the role of the vice president of the United States, that's the Executive Branch"
Wrong: Article I defines the Legislative branch and the role of the VP as President of Senate is define in that section.
Article II defines the Executive Branch and it gives the VP the right to vote in Senate whenever a tie breaker is needed.
Constitution Article 1 Section 1
"All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. "
Constitution Article 1 Section 3
"The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided."
To help educate the Media, like the Sun and Biden here are the Senate rules on who gets preside in the chair over the Senate.
"1. In the absence of the Vice President, the Senate shall choose a President pro tempore, who shall hold the office and execute the duties thereof during the pleasure of the Senate and until another is elected or his term of office as a Senator expires.
2. In the absence of the Vice President, and pending the election of a President pro tempore, the Acting President pro tempore or the Secretary of the Senate, or in his absence the Assistant Secretary, shall perform the duties of the Chair.
3. The President pro tempore shall have the right to name in open Senate or, if absent, in writing, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair, including the signing of duly enrolled bills and joint resolutions but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except by unanimous consent; and the Senator so named shall have the right to name in open session, or, if absent, in writing, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair, but not to extend beyond an adjournment, except by unanimous consent. "
It is very clear the VP can assume to preside over Senate sessions any time that he/she wants to.
Now we know...Bush/Cheney did not do their job(s) for (even) the last two years. Thanks jf2