Under the Electoral Count Act, a U.S. vice president’s role in certifying a presidential election would be clarified. As the Hill reported, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said this week he expects the omnibus will include this measure. The language, as the Hill explained, is intended to resolve any ambiguity about whether the vice president can overturn the vote of the Electoral College. That’s something former President Donald Trump claimed was possible around the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The bill makes clear that the vice president’s role is simply ministerial.

Good luck with that, as the position was already "simply ministerial." The managerial states' entire source of power is "simply ministerial." It's a matter of the VP choosing who to count as an elector. Anything short of explicitly giving the New York Times the power to provide the list of electors will provide the VP an opening for the manipulation of procedural outcomes. Even with such power handed over to NYT, the VP could still declare whatever count he feels like and see if anyone challenges him on it.