Clerk of the House
Description
Kovaleski strides into the midnight hush of the Executive Clerk's office, uniformed guard shadowing, bearing the blue folder of the House-passed 'Death Tax Elimination Act' override—the Clerk of the House's certified thunderbolt. Instructions crack like orders: Alert Josh Lyman, rush to President Bartlet for signature or veto. This constitutional office wields the final procedural blade, dispatching bills via proxies to ignite White House crises, embodying the House's raw authority thrusting legislation across executive thresholds in rituals of urgent gravity (78 words).
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
S3E4
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On the Day Before
Kovaleski Delivers Death Tax Override Bill to Nervous Rookie Dolan
Kovaleski explicitly invokes the Clerk of the House as bill deliverer during protocol instructions, thrusting certified override into executive machinery via proxy handoff, embodying House's aggressive push against Bartlet's veto on eve of Yom Kippur crisis.
Active Representation
Via authorized agent Kovaleski and certified blue file
Power Dynamics
Asserting legislative override authority over executive protocol
Institutional Impact
Exposes raw inter-branch friction in tax policy battle
Organizational Goals
Force immediate presidential confrontation with override
Enforce constitutional bill certification process
Influence Mechanisms
Procedural document delivery
Chain-of-command invocation