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Palin: Vice President Is in Charge of the Senate

Started by washingtonindependent · 8 months ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Think Progress has a great catch. At the  end of an interview with a local TV station in Colorado, Gov. Sarah Palin said she thinks the vice president’s job is to be “in charge of the U.S.… ... Continue reading »

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  • Kristin Scott

    8 months ago

    A fifth-grader can tell in which branch the office of the Vice President lies -- in the Executive Branch.
    It is very clear in the Constitution. Cheney is muddying the waters for his own gain. When he served under the first Bush, he made it clear to Dan Quayle what he thought of the vice presidency. But, nooooo, when he gets the office himself, all of a sudden the Constitution can be seen very differently(!)

    Read a text version here:
    http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc....
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  • Tim Clemens

    8 months ago

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  • jarhed

    8 months ago

    Hilarious. Not her comment but yours. *She was talking to a third grader.* And her original comment about the constitutional role of the VP in the senate is spot on: the VP is the "president" of the Senate. He or she has as much power as he or she can negotiate with the SML and the rules commission. In fact, the VP could have quite a bit of power just by showing up every day. Once again, her answers were perfect, and you guys don't know what you are talking about.
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  • Joe

    8 months ago

    The only power a VP has is to break a tie vote. She is not the majority leader of the senate. If you read the constitution it states they are the president but serves no role other than to break a tie vote. She has "No Power" over the Senate. Lets clarify that.. She was not talking to a third grader. She was answering a 3rd graders question on television speaking to the public.
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  • Will Keene

    8 months ago

    The Constitution does not state that the VP has no role or authority as President of the Senate other than breaking a tie. It states that the only VOTE a VP has is to break a tie, but otherwise is President of the Senate with the details of the role being unspecified. The early VPs (Adams, Jefferson, Burr) presided over the Senate on a regular basis and made decisions about procedure. The President pro tempore does that now only because the VPs cant be bothered, not because the Constitution wouldnt allow a VP to do so.

    I am hugely anti-Palin but my fellows on the left bungled this criticism.
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  • SRM

    8 months ago

    Damn 3rd grade gotca questions.

    Jarhead -- read the Constitution.
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  • Al

    8 months ago

    check it out
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  • Carolyn

    8 months ago

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    US Constitution | Article 1 | Section 3:The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.

    The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States.
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  • kevin

    8 months ago

    Holy Talking-Points batman! Is this an interview or stump!
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  • steveo

    8 months ago

    unbelievable . . . there's absolutely nothing there . . .
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