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Originally Posted by Chan
The Vice President's office (meaning his staff) does not have legislative functions. Even the Vice President doesn't have any real legislative functions as President of the Senate. Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution states "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided." Interestingly, there are no other functions listed in the Constitution for the Vice President.
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That being the case, then it appears the office of the Vice President has no lawful power whatsoever except as a tie-breaker in Senate votes.
Somebody with lots of money needs to launch a federal lawsuit...
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