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The vice president has what roles and responsibilities?
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VerifiedThe vice presidency evolved a lot as the presidency expanded the scope of its powers. Where before the role was almost entirely ceremonial, now the vice president is one of the most powerful and influential political figures within the executive government. There are 3 constitutional powers vested to the vice president, and these can be seen as traditional powers of the vice presidency and they are all closely related to the person of the president. Vice presidents are to ascend to the presidency should the president be unable to continue being a president. The second power is that they are the tiebreakers in the Senate since they also preside over the Senate. Thirdly, by the powers vested by the 25th Amendment vice presidents can should Congress decide that a president is unfit to support that decision and thus become the president.
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