page_title: Article One of the United States Constitution
section_title: Clause 4: Vice President as President of Senate
hierarchical_section_title: Article One of the United States Constitution / Section 3: Senate / Clause 4: Vice President as President of Senate
caption_attribution_description: English: Official portrait of United States Vice President Joe Biden in his West Wing Office at the White House.
context_page_description: Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. The Congress is a bicameral legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate
  Section 1: Legislative power vested in Congress
  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.
  Section 1 gives federal legislative power exclusively to Congress. Similar clauses are found in Articles II and III. The former gives executive power to the President. The latter grants judicial power to the federal judiciary. These three articles create a separation of powers among the three branches of the federal government. The separation of powers was intended to limit Congress to making law, the President to enforcing the law and the courts as interpreting the law in different cases.
  There is no provision in the Constitution that gives Congress the power to investigate. However, before the adoption of the Constitution, assemblies| in the American colonies exercised that power. Before them, the British Parliament had investigative powers.
context_section_description: The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
  Section Three provides that the Vice President is the President of the Senate. When serving in this capacity, the Vice President, who is not a member of the Senate, may cast a vote to break a tie.  Early in the nation's history, Vice Presidents frequently presided over the Senate.  In modern times, the Vice President usually does so only during ceremonial occasions or when a tie in the voting is anticipated.  A tie-breaking vote has been cast 243 times by 35 different Vice Presidents.
caption: Vice President Joe Biden, current President of the United States Senate
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