On the record
I affirm, that, as a presiding officer, the Vice-President has no inherent power whatever, unless that of doing what the Senate may prescribe by its rules be such a power.
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Sumner asserts that the Vice-President has no inherent powers beyond what the Senate allows through its rules.
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