Church Committee
Legislative Oversight of Intelligence and Security; Congressional Investigations and AccountabilityDescription
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In the Roosevelt Room the meeting opens as light banter peels back into hard politics: Toby and staff bring the hulking Appropriations Bill while Mandy …
Moments after Leo brings the good news that the census amendment will be left in committee and the Appropriations bill is safe, the triumph collapses …
In the Northwest Lobby Josh and Donna quietly interrogate the mechanics and moral danger of Congressman Lillienfield’s leak — Josh explains the oversight committee’s dangerous …
Josh takes the stage in a university lecture hall and reframes the episode as a cautionary, self‑deprecating lecture: there is no "typical" White House day. …
Onstage at a public lecture, Josh converts crisis-control into confessional theater. Prompted by Nessler, he recounts a tight, chaotic 36-hour period that started as an …
In Josh's office a bitter, moral fight softens into a practical negotiating hinge. Jeff presses the ethical case for massive reparations, invoking historical injustice; Josh …
In a chaotic Oval Office briefing, Sam, Josh, and C.J. rapidly outline a intricate Senate committee reshuffle to slot incoming opponent Mitchell onto Foreign Relations, …
In the Oval Office, amid frenetic staff briefings on Senate committee shuffles to block Mitchell, Toby reports unanimous liaison advice to call a lame duck …
Fresh from fury over Ellie's defiance, President Bartlet shifts to Josh's briefing on the Surgeon General's fallout: fierce opposition from Judiciary, Oversight, and Appropriations committees …
Outside a D.C. building, Josh and Senator Ritter briefly marvel at the Haitian crisis's surreal escalation—the president-elect smuggled into the U.S. embassy in a car …
Josh bursts into CJ's office to brief her on the Justice Department's tobacco lawsuit facing a massive funding shortfall and two Democratic defections on the …
In the aftermath of a fractious strategy meeting, Bruno pulls Josh into the hallway en route to his office, bluntly confronting him for prematurely sending …
Leo enters Margaret's office post her tense exchange with Bruno, briskly asking for calls as she hands him urgent notes on White House business. Bruno …
Amid the chaotic Communications Office, Donna intercepts a distracted Josh to probe the committee's jurisdiction over the shares hearings, initially guessing Judiciary. Josh reveals it's …
In the bustling Communications Office, Oliver sharply confronts C.J. for sabotaging the independent probe by manipulating the press and using Ainsley. Donna, piecing together the …
Amid the Roosevelt Room's whip count frenzy, Sam steps into the hallway to urgently pull Charlie aside, warning him that the House committee will offer …
In voice-over against the exterior of the House Oversight Committee Building, Majority Counsel Cliff Calley methodically explains the deposition process to Donna Moss, clarifying the …
In the Northwest Lobby, Leo warmly greets General Adamley with handshakes and banter about his Middle East trip, including jokes about an 'Aviation Prince' and …
In the Mural Room, Toby Ziegler confronts Congresswoman Tawny Cryer, who weaponizes examples of provocative, NEA-funded art—like chocolate-covered nudity and dung cheeseburgers—to justify the Appropriations …
In the White House Counsel's office, Oliver Babish methodically confronts First Lady Abbey Bartlet with her past malpractice suit over a fatal post-CABG infection and …
Chairman Bruno gavels the hearing back to order, signaling Rep. Gibson to resume his pointed questioning of Leo McGarry about October 30th in St. Louis—a …
In the Vice President's office, Hoynes urgently negotiates with Sam to rescue the stalled Internet Education Act, proposing cuts to rural internet funding or bill …
In the Roosevelt Room, Toby Ziegler, fueled by his relentless crusade for public access to political spectacle, sarcastically confronts media directors, accusing them of posturing …
In the Communications Office, Margaret and Donna preside over White House assistants, revealing the Washington Times' impending publication of leaked salary lists from congressional subcommittees, …
In Josh's office, Toby phones in to confirm Josh's deal appointing Brenda as Platform Committee Chairman to clinch the welfare bill vote, probing if his …
Josh parcels out two administrative tasks — the National Committee’s state-convention list and the DPC budget roll-outs — then slides into the familiar, teasing rhythm …
In the limousine Bartlet and Abbey trade intimate, teasing barbs about cancelling the inaugural parade — a small, comic contest that exposes Bartlet's stubborn pride …
In a cramped hotel suite the team reads a cascade of damaging local and national press — a compromising photograph, nitpicky local coverage, and attacks …
At a tense hotel-suite breakfast, Sam McGarry sits surrounded by White House aides as local press hits and campaign missteps are read aloud. A dispute …
Leo delivers bad news: the Chesapeake cleanup bill will not emerge from Committee, a casualty of partisan maneuvering and Deaver's objection to Landis's closeness with …