Josh's Senator Vote Chart

Josh pores over this chart in the Roosevelt Room, its grid marking each Senator's vote amid ticking deadlines. Pencil notations track yeses, nos, and absences like Grace Hardin, exposing gaps in support. Will, Toby, Jimmy, and Dr. Gwendolyn Chen huddle nearby as Josh hunts leverage, the paper anchoring frantic calculations against legislative collapse.

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Purpose

Tracks Senator voting positions to identify missing support and guide vote-buying strategies

Significance

Highlights administration vulnerabilities, sparks panic over public opinion, and propels negotiations like Hoebuck's NIH prayer study demand

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S4E12 · Guns Not Butter

Prayer for a Vote — Hoebuck's Price

Josh's Senator Vote Chart anchors the scene's urgency: he studies it obsessively as the countdown clock runs. The chart drives the decision calculus that makes Hoebuck's offer politically urgent and frames the moral question of whether to trade credibility for a vote.

Before: Spread on the Roosevelt Room table, actively annotated with penciled notes and missing-vote gaps.

After: Still on the Roosevelt Room table, its gaps now read in light of Hoebuck's conditional offer; the tally's urgency is intensified.

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