In this task you will be given a passage and a yes/no question based on the passage. You should answer the question using the information from the passage.
Q: passage: The Vice President of the United States is the ex officio President of the Senate, as provided in Article I, Section 3, Clause 4, of the United States Constitution, but may only vote in order to break a tie. According to the U.S. Senate, as of February 28, 2018, a tie-breaking vote had been cast 264 times by 36 vice presidents.
 question: does the vice president break tie votes in the senate?
A: 
Yes