Becky Reeseman

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Becky operates as a shadowy campaign staffer amid the chaotic pulse of Bartlet for President headquarters, her name hurled by Donna Moss in a desperate bid to claim Josh Lyman's desk. Mistakenly credited with dispatching Donna to Josh's side, Becky exposes the frenzied improvisation of early staffing where loyalties forge in bluff and bluster. Though Margaret emerges as the true vector, Becky's invocation ignites Donna's raw tenacity—vowing to sell her car, crash on floors, chase South Carolina trails—crystallizing the grassroots alchemy that binds combustible aides to the campaign's surging ambition.

6 appearances

Legislative Affairs / Congressional Legislation

Also known as: Representative Reeseman, Rep. Reeseman, Becky, BECKY REESEMAN

Becky Reeseman's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

6 moments

S1E17 · The White House Pro-Am

First Lady-Inspired Amendment Threatens Trade Bill

Resolved and activist — convinced that immediate moral positioning is necessary even at procedural cost.

Becky Reeseman is the unseen actor whose decision to attach the child‑labor amendment drives the crisis; Sam reports her visit and decisive intent, making her the origin point of the …

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S1E17 · The White House Pro-Am

Tea, Tension, and a Political Corner

Uneasy and defensive, relieved by Abbey's reassurance yet aware of personal political risk.

Becky receives Abbey's approach nervously, responds with polite deference and then admits to having the amendment; she negotiates aloud—worried about reputation and political consequences—before offering to follow Abbey's counsel.

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S1E17 · The White House Pro-Am

Abbey Cornered Reeseman — Neutralizes the Poison Pill

Nervous and defensive at first, then cornered and resigned; fear of political consequences mixed with self‑interest.

Reeseman is taken off guard, alternates between nervous flattery, defensive rationalization, and a resigned acquiescence; she admits the amendment's visibility and concedes to Abbey's demand to withdraw it while revealing …

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S2E2 · In the Shadow of Two Gunmen Part 2

Donna's Relentless Pitch: Josh Yields the Badge

Neutral phantom (mistaken reference)

Becky cited erroneously by Donna as the 'woman' dispatching her to Josh, exposed as fabrication amid headquarters frenzy—highlighting improvisational staffing bluster fueling early campaign alchemy.

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S4E11 · Holy Night

An Impossible Budget: Bartlet's Emergency Infant‑Mortality Mandate

Not directly shown; implied readiness to be summoned into emergency work.

Mentioned by Josh early in the scene as someone he was calling—implicitly part of the staff network Josh will draw on; not present but invoked as operational support.

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S4E11 · Holy Night

Donna Mobilizes the Infant‑Mortality Push

Alert and expectant — ready to be deployed for quick tasks but not yet engaged.

Becky is summoned implicitly by Josh's initial 'Come in. Becky, also...' but is not given a substantive line or task in this segment; she is present as a potential support …

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