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The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda. – Dan Quayle

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I spend a great deal of time with the President. We have a very close, personal, loyal relationship. Im not, as they say, a potted plant in these meetings. – Dan Quayle

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