The twelfth amendment to the constitution was added in 1804 in response to the 1800 presidential election. This amendment was meant to break a tie in the presidential election as was witnessed when Thomas Jefferson, a presidential candidate received the same number of electoral votes as Aaron Burr, the vice presidential candidate.
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The Senate must approve of most of the presidential actions. The Senate could reject many presidential actions too