Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday broke a 191-year-old record previously held by John C. Calhoun by casting yet another tie-breaking vote in the narrowly divided Senate.
Harris cast the final and deciding vote for cloture on the nomination of Loren L. AliKhan to be a district judge for the District of Columbia, her 32nd decisive vote since taking office in January 2021. She followed up hours later by breaking her 33rd tie in the vote on AliKhan’s confirmation.
Harris already held the record for tie-breaking votes in a single day — she cast four on May 11, 2022, alone. She also holds the record for most votes cast in the first year of a vice presidency, with 15. Next on that list was her predecessor, Mike Pence, with seven.
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