Dick Rush

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Dick Rush charges as a battle-tested legislative liaison, huddling with Toby Ziegler and Hill peers—Ed, Marty Beech, Henry—for 70 breathless minutes to forge unanimous battle cry: summon the lame duck session now. His counsel slices through Oval Office chaos, where Bartlet grips aspirin amid treaty desperation and Leo overrides Senate backlash fears. Offstage yet indispensable, Rush embodies the Hill's raw consensus engine, relaying pragmatic firepower that ignites White House ratification offensives and binds Toby's orbit to Bartlet's high-stakes nuclear brinkmanship.

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Dick Rush's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

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S2E6 · The Lame Duck Congress

Senior Staff Frenzy: Lame Duck Treaty Push and Leo's Discipline

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Cited in Toby's report of unanimous liaison meeting pushing lame duck diagnosis.

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S2E6 · The Lame Duck Congress

Leo Ignites Lame Duck Offensive and Restores Order

Political/legislative liaison who met with Toby and unanimously advised calling lame duck session.

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