<P> The vice president is a statutory member of the National Security Council under the National Security Act of 1947 , and through the 25th Amendment is the highest - ranking official in the presidential line of succession in the executive branch of the federal government . The executive power of both the vice president and the president is granted under Article Two , Section One of the Constitution . The vice president is indirectly elected , together with the president , to a four - year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College . The Office of the Vice President of the United States assists and organizes the vice president 's official functions . </P>
<P> The vice president is a statutory member of the National Security Council under the National Security Act of 1947 , and through the 25th Amendment is the highest - ranking official in the presidential line of succession in the executive branch of the federal government . The executive power of both the vice president and the president is granted under Article Two , Section One of the Constitution . The vice president is indirectly elected , together with the president , to a four - year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College . The Office of the Vice President of the United States assists and organizes the vice president 's official functions . </P>
vice president role as president of the senate
vice president role as president of the senate
elected , together with the president , to a four - year term of office
elected , together with the president , to a four - year term of office