Article I, Section 3, Clause 4: “The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.”
Article I, Section 3, Clause 4: “The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.”
"The Committee of Style and Arrangement, appointed on September 8 to complete a final draft of the Constitution, added a provision that allowed the Senate to elect one of its members as the president pro tempore to preside in the absence of the vice president. The position of president pro tempore (meaning “president for a while”) originated in the state legislatures. New York, for example, specified in its constitution that whenever the lieutenant-governor “shall be unable to attend as president of the senate, the senators shall have power to elect one of their own members to the office of president of the senate, which he shall exercise [until the lieutenant governor resumes his position in the chamber].” On September 12 the Convention accepted the president pro tempore as the vice president’s temporary substitute to preside over the Senate."
Vance is constitutionally the Senate President and the senate can vote for someone to be the "President Pro Tempore." Fine. Let's do it!
Article I, Section 3, Clause 4: “The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.”
Thank you! And, further more, from https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution.htm:
"The Committee of Style and Arrangement, appointed on September 8 to complete a final draft of the Constitution, added a provision that allowed the Senate to elect one of its members as the president pro tempore to preside in the absence of the vice president. The position of president pro tempore (meaning “president for a while”) originated in the state legislatures. New York, for example, specified in its constitution that whenever the lieutenant-governor “shall be unable to attend as president of the senate, the senators shall have power to elect one of their own members to the office of president of the senate, which he shall exercise [until the lieutenant governor resumes his position in the chamber].” On September 12 the Convention accepted the president pro tempore as the vice president’s temporary substitute to preside over the Senate."
Vance is constitutionally the Senate President and the senate can vote for someone to be the "President Pro Tempore." Fine. Let's do it!