Vice President Pence is becoming an influential liaison between the White House and the Senate. (David Swanson/Associated Press)Just 2 1 / 2 weeks into his tenure, Vice President Pence did something that his predecessor Joe Biden never did in eight years: He cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate. Yet Pence’s most important activity came next, walking into his now regular Tuesday luncheon with Senate Republicans in his role as President Trump’s highest profile set of eyes and ears on Capitol Hill. About a third of the Senate served in the House with Pence, including Blunt and several other members of McConnell’s leadership team. Strategists tend to come and go, and Republicans think that Pence’s credibility will be key to truly big successes like legislative victories on health care.

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2017 16:20 UTC