President of the Senate

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• Vice President Joe Biden
• Former Vice Presidents

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• Constitutional Role of the Vice President of the United States 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.
• United States Seante - Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate) U.S. 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.
• The Senate and the United States Constitution The position of the Vice President as President of the Senate was borrowed from the New York Constitution.
• Federalist No. 68 by Alexander Hamilton 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."
• WhiteHouse.gov - Vice President Joe Biden Official biography of Vice President Joe Biden.