Directory of President of the Senate Resources

The U.S. Constitution designates the Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate.

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Constitutional Role of the Vice President of the United States

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/a1_3_4-5.html
The Framers of the Constitution explain why they designated the Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate, in Article I, Section 3, Clause 4 of the Constitution.
Federalist No. 68 by Alexander Hamilton

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp
Hamilton wrote that "to secure at all times the possibility of a definite resolution of the body, it is necessary that the President [i.e. the Vice President of the U.S.] should have only a casting vote."
The Senate and the United States Constitution

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Constitution_Senate.htm#5
The position of the Vice President as President of the Senate was borrowed from the New York Constitution.
United States Seante - Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate)

http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Vice_President.htm
U.S. Senate Historical Office's compendium of information about the office and the people who have held it, including detailed discussion of the role of the Vice President in presiding over the Senate.
WhiteHouse.gov - Vice President Joe Biden

https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-biden
Official biography of Vice President Joe Biden.

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