Henry Rodriguez

Henry Rodriguez commands influence as a political and legislative liaison, surging into White House calculations when Toby Ziegler relays his unanimous counsel from a high-stakes meeting. Rodriguez and peers override fears of Senate fury and certain defeat, thrusting forward the desperate call for a lame duck session to ratify the Test Ban Treaty before nuclear proliferation spirals unchecked. His off-stage verdict injects moral fire into Oval Office frenzy, anchoring staff resolve amid Bartlet's exasperation and Leo's iron discipline, his voice a decisive pulse in the administration's ratification gambit.