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SPA

Small Business Cost Analysis and Regulatory Opposition

Description

Josh brandishes SPA's grim ledger like a shield in the hallway clash: OSHA ergonomics standards threaten small businesses with over $18 billion in first-year costs, workmen's compensation premiums surging catastrophically. Republicans deride 'ergonomics' as absurd buzzword. SPA charges as the unyielding voice of small business survival, unleashing precise economic shrapnel to torpedo regulatory advances amid White House staff's heated policy brawl.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

2 events
S2E6 · The Lame Duck Congress
Donna Badger's Josh on OSHA Ergonomics Standards

SPA weaponized by Josh as economic bulwark, projecting $18 billion first-year costs to small businesses and premium surges, torpedoing ergonomics via fiscal alarmism and framing regulatory overreach in the heated hallway-to-office exchange.

Active Representation

Via Josh's cited cost ledger in rebuttal

Power Dynamics

Exerting oppositional pressure through economic data on White House staff

Institutional Impact

Underscores small business survival in regulatory wars

Organizational Goals
Block OSHA standards to protect small business viability Amplify cost projections to sway policy debates
Influence Mechanisms
Economic analyses and projections Lobbying via deputy mouthpieces
S2E6 · The Lame Duck Congress
Charlie Alerts Josh to Drunk Konanov's Driveway Sit-In

SPA is wielded by Josh in his office dismissal just before Charlie's alert, its $18 billion cost projections for small businesses invoked to blunt Donna's OSHA push; the economic bulwark recedes as diplomatic farce takes center stage, highlighting partisan ammo in staff skirmishes.

Active Representation

Through Josh's cited economic data

Power Dynamics

Arming opposition to regulatory expansion

Institutional Impact

Frames regulatory debate as economic threat to broader economy

Organizational Goals
Block burdensome OSHA costs on small businesses Amplify premium surge warnings
Influence Mechanisms
Fiscal impact reports Lobbying via policy arguments

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

30 events
S1E1
Rewind and Reckoning

Josh obsessively rewinds a televised gaffe, watching himself insult Mary Marsh and drowning in shame as Donna—unusually anxious and maternal—brings him coffee for the first …

S1E1
Autographs and Allegiances: Mandy Declares War

A light, quasi-romantic lunch is ruptured when two college students interrupt Josh and Mandy for autographs, providing a comic beat that quickly collapses into sharp …

S1E1
Leo Isolates Caldwell and Puts Josh’s Job on the Line

Leo meets with Reverend Al Caldwell on Pennsylvania Avenue and performs damage control with surgical politeness: he flatters the President’s faith to create rapport, distances …

S1E2
Containment vs. Exposure: Josh, Sam and C.J. Collide

Josh watches C.J.'s televised briefing and immediately shifts into damage-control mode as Sam arrives. What begins as a tactical debate over whether to put a …

S1E3
Bullpen Barb — Mandy Pokes the Idle Deputy

In the bullpen at night, Josh paces through bored, agitated energy—sidelined from the day's high-stakes decisions—while Donna tries to steady him with small tasks. Mandy …

S1E3
C.J. Shields Sam — Buys Danny's Silence with a Tip

Danny corners C.J. with knowledge of Sam's compromising relationship and threatens to sniff around for a story. C.J. refuses to let the press turn a …

S1E3
Retribution and Restraint: A President's Fury, A Chief's Counsel

In Leo's office Bartlet erupts, demanding unmistakeable retribution for the downed airliner — invoking Roman citizenship as a moral precedent and insisting overwhelming force will …

S1E5
Josh Frozen Outside the Briefing

While the senior staff noisily rehearse a tense exchange between Bartlet and Toby, C.J. finds Josh standing outside the briefing room, staring into space. The …

S1E5
Unsettling UFO Pitch to the White House

A nervous Space Command officer, Bob Engler, awkwardly pitches unexplained radar contacts to Sam in a compact, tonal exchange that undercuts panic with banter. Bob …

S1E5
The Unseen Object and a Presidential Pen

A nervous Space Command officer, Bob Engler, delivers an unsettling, specific report of an unidentified object moving across the Pacific. Sam responds with procedural deflection—insisting …

S1E5
Mandy's Disarming Compliment

Mandy knocks on Toby's office and deliberately softens the political sparring: she approaches to parry conflict over Posner and offers an unexpected compliment — that …

S1E6
Parting Tone — Leo's Divorce Revealed

As President Bartlet prepares to leave the Oval, a clipped, domestic spat over his ‘tone’ with Mrs. Landingham and Nancy establishes his impatience and the …

S1E7
Mandy Exposes the Administration's Role — Josh's Insecurity on Display

Mandy corners Josh in the communications office and forces a stark, private revelation: the Idaho standoff isn't a random militia showdown but involves weapons the …

S1E7
The Negotiator Is Shot — Mandy Breaks the Facade

At a state dinner's reception, Josh receives a terse dispatch: the FBI has taken the Idaho house, but the negotiator has been shot and lies …

S1E8
Hallway Ambush — Danny Pushes, C.J. Stones

Danny breezes into C.J.'s workspace with casual familiarity and immediately pivots to a pointed journalistic probe: did the President 'rough up' Hoynes in cabinet? C.J. …

S1E8
C.J. on the Defensive — Danny Presses the Leak

At a tense post‑briefing exchange C.J. deflects reporters about a surprise land‑use rider, then retreats into the hallway where Danny follows and presses her about …

S1E8
Big Sky by Decree — The Antiquities Act Workaround

After a light, humanizing exchange about Glacier Park and singing to grizzly bears, Josh delivers a pragmatic, late-night solution: use the Antiquities Act to declare …

S1E9
Mandatory Tests vs. Principle: Mandy Confronts Josh

In the Northwest lobby Josh and Donna spar briefly over how Congressman Lillienfield accessed sensitive personnel files—Donna refuses to name colleagues, underscoring loyalty and the …

S1E9
Staged Commission, Tense Complicity

Outside the Oval, Toby, Sam and Mandy rehearse a quick, politically expedient lie: Judge Mendoza will be told he's interviewing for a fictional "President's Commission …

S1E10
Bartlet's Private Christmas Escape

In the Oval, Mandy pushes to turn a small presidential outing into press fodder while Bartlet firmly asserts a private boundary: this is a quiet, …

S1E10
Aisle Quibble and the Quiet Exit

In a cramped rare-books aisle a petty spat between Mandy and Josh about photographers ripples outward: Mandy's jab about "a few photographers" exposes underlying friction, …

S1E10
Dial Down the Rhetoric

In C.J.'s office at night a playful moment with Danny dissolves into a serious policy spat when Leo instructs C.J. to 'dial down the rhetoric' …

S1E11
Pale Horse and a Fragile Pact

In the Oval Office Bartlet balances the intimate and the apocalyptic: he gives Charlie guarded permission to date his daughter, then convenes senior staff as …

S1E12
Shattered Pitcher — The President Collapses

During a late-night State of the Union run-through, President Bartlet's practiced composure frays under fever and exhaustion. Small misreads and teleprompter typos spark nervous corrections …

S1E12
Designated Survivor & Sam's Reckless Statement

In a brisk hallway exchange Josh and Donna cold‑assign Roger Tribby — the obscure Secretary of Agriculture — as the 'designated survivor,' a wry, chilling …

S1E12
A Tactical Kiss

C.J. deliberately stages a quick, pragmatic kiss with Danny in her office at night to purge a distracting attraction and reclaim professional focus. Their banter …

S1E13
Take-Out-the-Trash: Friday Damage Control

A quiet, telling bullpen exchange turns into a miniature lesson in political triage. While collecting Josh's obsessively burnt hamburger, Donna asks about "Take Out the …

S1E13
Setting the Pace: Bartlet Cuts In, Protects Leo, and Sets the Day

President Bartlet abruptly ends Leo's granular banana briefing and immediately imposes a faster political tempo: he redirects attention to stalled CPB nominations, charges Toby and …

S1E13
Off the Record, On the Hook

C.J. uses a tense, semi-private exchange with Danny to vent moral outrage about a grieving father’s hypocrisy while simultaneously trying to keep the White House …

S1E13
Toby’s Stand for Public Broadcasting

In the Roosevelt Room Toby spars with congressional aides who reduce PBS to Nielsen diaries, licensing revenue and executive pay — shorthand arguments for cutting …