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http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/
Featured Site Vice President of the United States Open in a new browser windowLink Details
- White House website official home page for this office. Includes biography, speeches, and photos.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/

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http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Vice_President.htm
Featured Site Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate) Open in a new browser windowLink Details
- US Senate Historical Office's compendium of information about the office and the people who have held it, including detailed discussion of the role of the Vice President in presiding over the Senate.
- http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Vice_President.htm

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Definition of "Casting Vote" in Oxford English Dictionary Open in a new windowLink Details
- The President of the Senate has what is called a "casting vote," defined as the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided.
- http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/castingvote?view=uk

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The Senate and the United States Constitution Open in a new windowLink Details
- The position of the Vice President as President of the Senate was borrowed from the New York Constitution.
- http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Constitution_Senate.htm#5

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Senate Precedents Regarding the Vice President of the United States Open in a new windowLink Details
- Details about historical Senate precedents regarding the President of the Senate are provided by Riddick's Senate Procedure, in adobe acrobat (pdf) format.
- http://www.gpo.gov/congress/senate/riddick/1390-1396.pdf

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Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, Section XVII Open in a new windowLink Details
- Thomas Jefferson was the second Senate President. Section XVII of his Manual covers debate, and says that no one is to speak superfluously or tediously, and that the Senate President's decision is without appeal. This rule has since been modified.
- http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=JefBv022.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=18&division=div2

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Federalist No. 68 by Alexander Hamilton Open in a new windowLink Details
- Hamilton wrote that "to secure at all times the possibility of a definite resolution of the body, it is necessary that the President [i.e. the Vice President of the U.S.] should have only a casting vote."
- http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed68.htm

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Vice Presidential Tie-Breaking Votes Open in a new windowLink Details
- The Constitution gives the Vice President of the United States power to vote when the Senate is equally divided, and the Senate Historian has listed all of those occasions when the Senate President has broken a tie vote.
- http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Tie_Breaking_Votes.htm

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Constitutional Role of the Vice President of the United States Open in a new windowLink Details
- The Framers of the Constitution explain why they designated the Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate, in Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
- http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/a1_3_4-5.html

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