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John C. Calhoun was the only vice president to cast tie-breaking votes against his own president, Andrew Jackson. In 1832, Calhoun cast a tie-breaking vote to delay and later defeat the nomination of Martin Van Buren as United States Minister to the United Kingdom. Calhoun's supporters in the Senate allowed him to defy Jackson, where just ...
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday broke the record by casting the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate in U.S. history. She has now broken 32 ties, beating the previous ...
U.S. Vice Presidents have cast 64 tiebreaking votes in the last 42 years. Half of them have been cast by Kamala Harris.
Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting the most tiebreaking votes in her role as vice president when she issued her 32nd tiebreaking vote in 2023 regarding the confirmation ...
She cast 13 tie-breaking votes during her first year in office, the most tie-breaking votes in a single year in U.S. history, surpassing John Adams, who cast 12 in 1790. [ 196 ] [ 197 ] On December 5, 2023, Harris broke the record for the most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president, casting her 32nd vote, exceeding John C. Calhoun , who ...
The list of tie-breaking votes cast by Vice Presidents is missing Thomas Jefferson to Millard Fillmore. That’s 11 Vice Presidents, including the previous record-holder, John C. Calhoun. What gives? The Senate records are open to the public. The rest of the list is there. Why would someone leave out over one-fifth of the Vice Presidents?
Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly two century old record for casting the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate. In casting her 32nd tie-breaking vote on Dec. 5, she eclipsed a 19th ...
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