Harris has now cast 32 tie-breaking votes, eclipsing Calhoun’s record of 31 during his tenure as vice president from 1825 to 1832. The latest tiebreaker occurred during the confirmation of Loren Alikhan as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia. As vice president, Harris serve...
It was Harris who cast the tie-breaking vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, which granted Medicare the drug negotiating authority. Immigration Harris has not yet issued an immigration policy platform. At campaign events, Harris has mostly brought up the bipartisan border security deal that ...
However, what I received was a message lobbying in favor of Kamala Harris (“Vice President Harris cast the tie-breaking vote” and “Vice President Harris and I believe that health care should be a right, not a privilege”). By the way, there’s nothing partisan about my argument. Yes...
GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Notably, Vice President Harris cast the tiebreaking vote for the Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate on its way to becoming law. A spokesperson for Vice President Harris told FOX Business in a statement: "As the Vice President said in 2021, lo...
In her position as president of the Senate, Harris set a record in December 2023 by casting her 32nd and 33rd tiebreaking votes—breaking John C. Calhoun’s mark that stood for almost 200 years. Since 2023, Harris has led the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. She has also...
And as vice president, she cast a tie-breaking vote for the most ambitious climate action plan in our nation’s history,’’ the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. “Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will fight for a future where we all have clean air, clean water and healthy ...
As President of the Senate, Harris set a new record for the most tie-breaking votes cast by a Vice President in history – surpassing a record that had stood for nearly 200 years. And her votes have been consequential. This includes casting the decisive vote to s...
But that role has become largely ceremonial except for the occasional tie breaking vote, and vice presidents more commonly serve as a top adviser, troubleshooter and emissary for the president. “The consequences of the choice are greater because the expectation is t...
"Vice President Harris was proud to cast the tie-breaking vote on the largest ever investment to address the climate crisis and under the Biden-Harris administration, America is more energy secure than ever before with the highest domestic energy production on record," a campaign spokesperson said...
Later Monday, Thorndike sought to clarify her comments. "I didn’t explain myself clearly here. Contrary to Trump’s claims, the VP has not banned fracking, doesn’t support banning fracking, and in fact cast the tie-breaking vote on the biggest pro-climate law ever, which, yes...