Administration scramble to secure the foreign‑aid continuing resolution: a tactical, time‑pressured fight between the White House team and Senate arithmetic/public opinion that threatens presidential credibility and the administration's agenda.
Administration scramble to secure the foreign‑aid continuing resolution: a tactical, time‑pressured fight between the White House team and Senate arithmetic/public opinion that threatens presidential credibility and the administration's agenda.
Events in This Arc
Josh slips into the Republican cloakroom, puncturing the room's guarded formality with historical banter to buy an informal moment with opposing staffers. The tone flips when Josh quietly probes for …
Donna confronts Ellen in a last-ditch attempt to get Senator Grace Hardin to change her mind. Ellen calmly insists the Senator will vote with public opinion, not private appeals; Donna …
After the foreign aid fight collapses, President Bartlet converts defeat into a tactical pivot: he orders a 90-day pause — "set that clock for 90 days" — while refusing to …