Besides :LIB: firsts for the record book, what does she do? Vice presidents aren't automatically useless; Dick Cheney ran the empire for a while for example.
Besides :LIB: firsts for the record book, what does she do? Vice presidents aren't automatically useless; Dick Cheney ran the empire for a while for example.
Has she?
No. Furthermore, the Senate has decided that it requires a supermajority to actually pass most legislation with the exception being reconciliation bills, so in most situations where a tie occurs in the senate the VP's deciding vote is meaningless, if I'm not mistaken.
NO AND THATS THE FUCKING PROBLEM
YOU'VE GOT BIDEN LITERALLY JUST THREATEN THEM WITH ALL THE POWER THAT IMPLIES
YOU CAN GET THE TWO DEMS WHO WON'T COOPERATE TO DO SO
AND THEN USE THE TIEBREAKER ONCE THEY MAKE IT FIFTY
BUT OF COURSE THEM PROVIDING AN EXCUSE NOT TO DO THINGS IS THE FUCKING POINT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tie-breaking_votes_cast_by_the_vice_president_of_the_United_States
I knew this already. But in practice these are more like guidelines, especially when one compares and contrasts Dick Cheney with Mike Pence, or even :top-cop: