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Tie-breaking votes cast by Kamala Harris in the U.S. Senate

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Kamala Harris (D) ( 2021 -present) has cast the most tie-breaking votes ( 33 ) during her tenure as vice president.

John C. Calhoun ( 1825 - 1832 ) cast the second most (31), and John Adams ( 1789 - 1797 ) cast third most ( 29 ) As of December 5, 2023 , there were 301 tie-breaks from 37 vice presidents.

Harris broke the tie to support the motion and cast a second tie-breaking vote to confirm the nomination of Jennifer Sung to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .

The Senate voted 50-50 to confirm Jennifer Abruzzo as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board .

The following chart compares the number of tie-breaking votes cast by each U.S. vice president after 1981 .

The chart shows how many vice presidents used to vote for presidents.

The number of vice presidents who voted for each president has been tied since 1981 .

Joe Biden has been vice president since 2001 .

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