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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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Dan Quayle
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 4
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Former Vice President Of The United States
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Vice President Of The United States
Indianapolis
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James Danforth Quayle
James Danforth Dan Quayle
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