Even some influential senators expressed reservations with the Senate's approach.

He was aware, however, that influential senior senators firmly opposed such a move.

Meanwhile, influential senators have called for more and better American troops to defeat the insurgency.

Mr. Perry received strong support today from influential senators.

By Thursday evening, 11 influential Senators had publicly announced their intention to oppose her.

The senate president is usually a powerful and influential senator before he is appointed senate president.

Then the President called a dozen of the most influential senators and representatives into his office and showed them the piles of mail.

Without doubt, Mr. Dole was one of the most influential senators of the late 20th century.

One might ask, even accepting all of the foregoing as true, whether there is a monumental difference between a President and even the most influential senator?

Could it have something to do with his father (George Coe) being an influential (but corrupt) Senator?