First Lady-driven moral advocacy (child-labor spotlight) vs. the administration's legislative priorities — Abbey's public campaign provokes a congressional amendment that threatens the trade bill and forces staff-and-spouse triage.
First Lady-driven moral advocacy (child-labor spotlight) vs. the administration's legislative priorities — Abbey's public campaign provokes a congressional amendment that threatens the trade bill and forces staff-and-spouse triage.
Events in This Arc
On the gym floor, Congresswoman Becky Reeseman cold‑calls Sam Seaborn and calmly detonates a political crisis: she will attach a child‑labor amendment to the administration’s trade bill. Framed as a …
During stalled Roosevelt Room negotiations Toby parries a petty Range Rover jab while Josh and staff fidget under pressure. Sam bursts in with devastating news: Congresswoman Becky Reeseman will attach …
In a crowded Mural Room Abbey slips away from the social chatter to corner Congresswoman Becky Reeseman and quietly but ruthlessly forces her to withdraw a child-labor amendment that would …