President of the United States Senate

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political office presiding officer

The President of the United States Senate is the vice president of the United States, who presides over Senate proceedings and casts tie-breaking votes.

Aliases (2)

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political office → presiding officer →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Senate →
constitutionalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution → Article II of the United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
createdBy	United States Constitution of 1787 →
currentOfficeHolder	Kamala Harris →
definedIn	United States Constitution →
differsFrom	Majority Leader of the United States Senate → President pro tempore of the United States Senate → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives →
eligibleFor	presidential line of succession as Vice President →
hasCeremonialRole	administering oaths to new senators → presiding over joint sessions of Congress when designated →
hasHonorificTitle	Madam President → Mr. President →
hasLimitedRoleIn	day-to-day Senate debate →
hasNoVoteExcept	in case of a tie →
hasPower	cast tie-breaking votes in the Senate → preside over Senate proceedings →
hasResponsibility	announcing results of Senate votes → maintaining order in the Senate chamber → putting questions to a vote in the Senate →
hasRight	to recognize senators to speak → to rule on points of order →
inception	1789 →
isAlso	Vice President of the United States →
isMemberOf	executive branch of the United States government →
isOfficerOf	legislative branch of the United States government →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington, D.C. →
mayDelegateTo	President pro tempore of the United States Senate → other senators designated to preside →
officeHolder	Vice President of the United States →
officeHolderSince	January 20, 2021 →
officeType	federal office →
partOf	United States federal government →
presidesOver	United States Senate →
residesIn	Number One Observatory Circle (as Vice President) →
seat	United States Capitol →
selectionMethod	elected as Vice President of the United States →
style	The Honorable →
termCoincidesWith	term of the Vice President of the United States →
termLength	four years →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Congress → United States Congress ("President pro tempore of the United States Senate") →	hasLeader
United States Senate ("President of the Senate") →	hasPresidingOfficerTitle
VPOTUS ("President of the Senate") →	legislativeRole