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The office of the Vice Presidency has always sort of been a mixed bag, when it comes to the US government. It's compared to a warm bucket of piss, amongst other things. Now, the VP has the right to cast the tie breaking vote in the Senate, but other than that they don't really serve much purpose (on paper).

Now, the Speaker of the House functions as the (occasionally nominal) head of the Congress, so what if the Vice President was re-configured (either during the drafting of the constitution, or in the aftermath of the election of 1800) to be a sort of Prime Minister (representing the views and policies of the Executive branch in the Legislative), combined with a similar role to the Speaker of the House (ceremonial head of the Senate, "leads the debate" or something)?

How, exactly, would this work out? What knock on effects would this have?
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