Dwain Northey (Gen X)

The 12th Amendment of the Constitution names the vice president of the United States as the president of the Senate. In addition to serving as presiding officer, the vice president has the sole power to break a tie vote in the Senate and formally presides over the receiving and counting of electoral ballots cast in presidential elections.

Essentially the VP is a place holder but everyone wants to complain about what the VP has or hasn’t accomplished, well at least with Harris, no one cared what Pence did, what Cheney did (although he did a lot of damage ) no one asked Biden what he accomplished as Obamas VP. Anyone remember any VPs or could you name VPs that accented to the Presidency? In more recent history the only 2 VPs elected to the presidency were Bush Senior and Nixon all the other VPs that became the President were due to assassination of death of the sitting President.

My proposal is that the VP actually presides as the President of the Senate, they set the agenda and can actually push the Presidents mission that way as voters we can literally see what the VP has or hasn’t accomplished. If Biden had been acting as President of the Senate much more of Obama agenda would have come to a vote, conversely if Pence was in that role more of Trumps agenda would have been seen, (although Trumps only agenda was to fleece the government)… Good or bad if the VP wasn’t just a place holder ceremonial role the sitting administration would be able to accomplish more of their promises.