The President of the Senate (Vice President of the United States) is given that authority in the US Constitution.
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John Adams holds the record for number of tie-breaking votes. He cast 29 votes while he was Vice President. Vice President John Calhoun is second with 28 tie-breaking votes.
The Vice President of the US votes to break the tie. In Article 1 Section 3 of the Constitution it says that the Vice President becomes the President of the Senate, but has no vote, unless there it a tie.
The vice president of the US , who presides over the senate, can vote in this case.
This would take a simple majority in both Houses of Congress. 218 votes in the House and 51 votes in the Senate if all seats are filled and everybody votes. The VP could break a tie-vote in the Senate.
DC gets 3 votes, and would be included in the 269 tie. In case of a tie, the senate votes for the VP, and the house would vote for the Prez. Yes, this does me we could end up with Obama Pailn