The formal powers and role of the vice president are limited by the Constitution to becoming President in the event of the death or resignation of the President and acting as the presiding officer of the U.S. Senate. As President of the Senate, the Vice President has two primary duties: to cast a vote in the event of a Senate deadlock and to preside over and certify the official vote count of the U.S. Electoral College.
The informal roles and functions of the Vice President depend on the specific relationship between the President and the Vice President, but often include drafter and spokesperson for the administration's policy, as an adviser to the president, as Chairman of the Board of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as a Member of the board of the Smithsonian Institution. On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to know what it is exactly that the VP does as well. > > Gruss Gott wrote: >>> Sgt Sorge wrote: >>> And look at some of her other issues in no particular order: >>> >>> >> >> How about the know-what-a-VP-does issue? Here's what she said 3 weeks ago: >> >> "But as for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you I still can't >> answer that question until somebody answers for me: 'What is it >> exactly that the VP does everyday?'" >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267144 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
