Kamala Harris just matched John C. Calhoun for casting the most tiebreaking votes as Vice President
due to a severe case of shingles, Harris was once again called upon to cast the deciding vote.
Casting a crucial deciding vote “was a double-edged sword,” says Calhoun biographer and Baylor University associate professor of history Robert Elder. “For someone trying to angle for the presidency, these votes raised his political profile and gave him the opportunity to craft an independent political image. But they also made him go on the record about divisive issues, which is always a liability for a politician.
But nowadays, “The biggest difference, and the obstacle for Harris in creating an independent persona, is the expectation that Harris will support Biden’s agenda and vote for the Democratic side of the chamber in a tie,” Elder continues. “The fact that she will surpass Calhoun’s record is an illustration of the fact that there are two evenly matched parties in the Senate who vote virtually in lock step, but it doesn’t give her much of a platform.
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