Seventeen years later, he's the vice president-elect and Donald Trump's inside man on Capitol Hill. Pence, who spent a dozen years in Congress before becoming Indiana's governor, is visiting frequently with lawmakers and promising close coordination after Trump's inauguration Friday. Pence has forged an enduring friendship with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., dating to their early years in Congress, along with other House Republicans crucial to advancing Trump's agenda. House Republicans say those are the types of interactions that will help him in Trump's administration. Pence's conservative record gives rank-and-file Democrats few reasons to be hopeful that he could be a bipartisan deal-maker on Trump's behalf.

Source: Fox News January 14, 2017 17:26 UTC