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Previously on The West Wing...

Just-just don't say anything for a...

just don't say anything for...

BRUNO: The sooner you get

I know what I'm talking about,

the sooner your world gets better.

If we announce in two weeks,

that's when the first round of subpoenas will be handed down.

Screw it. It's game time. Let's go.

REPORTER: There he is!

( reporters clamoring )

Mr. Rollins, Mr. Rollins,

can you tell us when subpoenas are going to be issued?

Can you tell us if subpoenas are going to be issued at all?

No, I can't.

We've shown nothing but good faith.

Mr. Babish. Nothing but good faith, Clem.

Why am I reading that subpoenas are about to be handed out?

Look, first of all, your office is leaking like a rowboat.

Yes, I do, and I just filed it in the U.S. District Court.

That's not what I'm here to talk to you about.

Voir dire was entirely fair...

if anything, favored the subjects.

What you've been reading is the work

of a few over-zealous and irresponsible members

of the conservative press in minor media outlets...

It's the Wall Street Journal!

The White House has been cooperating fully.

We'll voluntarily hand over everything

My staff is working around the clock organizing documents.

something's protected by Executive Privilege?

What if I told you the President was considering

Is he waiving attorney-client privilege?

Spousal privilege? I'm saying...

How about doctor-patient privilege?

Clem, they have shown nothing but good faith.

I can't give out extra credit for that.

Let's go.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

My name is Clement Rollins.

I'm the Special Prosecutor

appointed by the United States Attorney General

in the matter of Docket CR-SP-0-0-1-0-1.

This morning, with your permission and on your behalf,

I would like to issue the first round of subpoenas.

These subpoenas compel both testimony

and production of documents by the individuals named herein.

They are as follows:

"Josiah Bartlet,

"Abigail Ann Bartlet,

"Elizabeth Bartlet Westin,

"Eleanor Emily Bartlet,

"Zoey Patricia Bartlet

"Leo Thomas McGarry,

"Joshua Lyman,

"Claudia Jean Cregg,

"Samuel Norman Seaborn,

Toby Zachary Ziegler..."

Captioning sponsored by WARNER BROS.

( papers rustling )

Donna?

Yeah?

What's going on?

Well, in one of these boxes

are the President's private schedules,

and in one of these boxes

to see if there are inconsistencies between the two.

Were you here all night?

Is it daytime? It's 7:30.

Usually when I stay up all night, I'm able to pass

a 19th Century English Literature midterm. Josh?

Yeah?

an English Literature midterm, am I?

No. 'Cause in one of these boxes

are memos and handwritten notes

pertaining to the President's 100,000 new teachers initiate

since it's a major policy initiative launched

right after a suspected MS attack.

Can I ask you something?

I had a plan.

When you say

"in one of these boxes..."?

I had a plan. Each box is numbered.

with a number and a corresponding description

of the contents of each box.

Well, where's the piece of paper?

It's in one of these boxes.

I had a plan.

I grew up on a farm.

You grew up in a condo.

I grew up near a farm.

And I was cute, and I was peppy, and I always did well

on my 19th Century English Literature midterm

till you came along and sucked me into your life of crime.

Hey, I'm not the...

White-collar crime boy.

like me on that cell block?

I've seen those movies.

Yeah, me, too. I'll bet you have.

Look... Sell my farm-girl ass for a carton of Luckys.

Seriously, you need to sleep for a while.

I can't yet 'cause in one of these boxes

are FedEx receipts and mailroom records

for any gifts or packages sent to senior staff

and in one of these boxes is a piece of paper

which says which box it's in!

I'll be in the office.

Your office in down a corridor about 200 feet from here.

Try not to commit any felonies on the way.

I'll do my best. Yeah.

Josh...

Donna's like, two, three days away from unspooling.

but can you loan me some senior assistants

from communications?

Yeah. So, listen, there's a fire

in Yellowstone Park.

Well, put it out.

Technically, I'm not a professional firefighter

though there was a time I wanted to be.

When?

When I was four, I wanted to be a ballerina.

Yeah?

I don't like to talk about it.

There was a dry lightning strike

in a lodgepole pine forest.

The fire spread to 500 acres,

but it's all inside a resource benefit zone.

Is it under control?

Well, as a matter of fact,

last night, the park superintendent--

in consultation with Bill Horton

and several deputies from the Department of the Interior--

decided to let it run its course.

It's not necessarily our policy to put these things out.

Putting out fires isn't necessarily our policy?

Fire is good for the environment under certain circumstances.

Forests have a natural cycle

that requires purging burns to reinvigorate growth.

Someone just said that to you, right?

Yeah.

The President needs to talk on the phone with the governor.

Why? So, the President can say

he talked on the phone with the governor.

I'll take care of it.

Ballerina?

I'd kind of like that not to get around.

Yeah, no chance of that.

You can emphasize that it's not like being served.

How is it not like being served?

A subpoena is just a legal agreement

to produce certain testimonies and documents.

Yeah, but isn't that like the way a mugger uses a gun

to produce your wallet?

You say we're cooperating fully.

You say subpoenas don't indicate otherwise.

You say they're a commonly used legal tool

to define the scope of the inquiry.

Oliver, political reporters don't care

about the scope of inquiry.

Look... My trouble with your spin is that

we're not going to get anywhere putting on a calm face.

We need to pick a fight.

Why? Because in politics,

if you're not on offense, you're on defense.

is that Clem Rollins doesn't foam at the mouth.

He's a good guy, and he comes off as a good guy.

which is going to make it tough to fit him for a black hat.

Let me think for just a second.

What do Republicans say about him?

Well, we don't all hang out at a little club...

What do they say about him?

He's well-respected, he's deliberate

he takes his duties seriously,

he wants to get at the truth,

and he wants to avoid any appearance

of impropriety or partisanship.

Excuse me.

Where are you going?

We need a different enemy.

When are you going to meet on the estate tax?

Five minutes.

With Toby?

Yeah.

Just remember, it's a compromise, Josh.

It's done.

You may not like it, but...

It's a compromise.

I'm saying, the two of you,

when you don't like something,

Show our displeasure? Piss people off.

That's a bad rap. I'm sweet as pecan pie.

I hate these people, Leo, and when this thing is done,

I'm going to personally screw them with their pants on.

Excuse me.

Hey, C.J.

Leo.

Giselle...

Yeah, I'm out of here.

You got a second?

Yeah. Walk with me.

Oliver Babish and Ainsley Hayes were just in my office.

On spin? Yeah.

What have you got?

I don't know if he likes us, but he doesn't hate us.

Well, that's just 'cause he doesn't know us.

Leo...

we need to be investigated by someone

who wants to kill us just to watch us die.

We need someone perceived by the American people

to be irresponsible,

untrustworthy, partisan,

ambitious and thirsty for the limelight.

Am I crazy or is this not a job

for the U.S. House of Representatives?

Well, they'll get around to it sooner or later.

So, let's make it sooner.

He's moving too slow. He won't talk to the press.

I swear to God, Leo, I think we can move the show.

You got a briefing now?

Yeah.

Show me what you're starting with.

Yeah.

I'm leaving now.

BONNIE: You need this.

Leaving for this meeting.

This meeting where I will compromise.

Do have 1060?

Yes, I do.

Why do we compromise?

Because we are ordered to.

Because compromising on the estate tax

prevents Republicans from going for an even bigger tax cut,

which would help wrest the White House

from our compromising little hands.

So, I go to this meeting...

You need this.

The estate tax,

which Republicans have cleverly dubbed "The Death Tax."

There's nothing that Republicans do better than naming things.

because I agree with Republicans in Congress.

America is about self-sufficiency,

about lifting yourself up by your bootstraps,

just as long as your children's children

never have to work a day in their lives.

So, I go to this meeting.

Toby? He's rolling.

Oh, I go to this meeting, Ginger,

and though I compromise, I draw a line in the sand.

I'm there to ensure that only multimillionaires

and not billionaires are exempt from the estate tax.

He's on the side of millionaires and not billionaires.

Toby, they canceled the meeting!

What do you mean?

It's the chairman's office.

They're canceling the meeting.

Why?

They canceled the meeting.

Bonnie's got them on the phone.

What's going on?

They say it's his daughter's wedding.

His daughter's wedding's on Saturday.

They say he wants to leave early.

They're lying. I know.

What's going on?

I think they want to take it off the table.

And do what?

White House is weak.

What would you do?

You think they want to repeal the estate tax?

MAN: C.J., is the White House concerned

No. In fact, we've already sent over

80 cartons of documents to Clem--

I'm sorry, to Mr. Rollins--

80 cartons of documents that weren't even subpoenaed

and we intend to continue cooperating

with him fully. Bobbi?

Why where the subpoenas necessary?

They're a commonly used legal tool

to define the scope of the inquiry. Steve?

What about congressional hearings?

Well, obviously, we don't think they're necessary

but that's not for us to say.

And we take a different view

of the Special Prosecutor's performance thus far.

We believe he's running

and he should be allowed to finish his work.

You say a "different view."

Is Congress unhappy with the Special Prosecutor?

You'd have to ask Congress that. Mark?

C.J., can you comment on the contents of the 80 cartons

already sent to the Special Prosecutor?

You still don't know my name, do you?

It's Gertrude.

It's not.

Calls?

I need to talk to you.

This estate tax repeal out of committee

is going to be a thing.

I've got another thing.

Bruno, they canceled the meeting yesterday.

We think the House Republicans are going

to try to repeal the estate tax.

The Pacers played last night against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Really? Who won? Yeah.

Well, now the repeal of the estate tax seems somehow insignificant.

Can I stick this in?

Yeah.

You paying attention?

Yeah.

Does this thing work?

No.

Okay. If it did, what you'd see

is Victor Campos sitting courtside with Buckland.

Campos took some courtside seats.

Campos traveled from Los Angeles to Indianapolis

to watch Cleveland in Indiana.

They don't travel from Cleveland

to Indianapolis to watch Cleveland and Indiana.

I don't care if they gave Campos a jersey

and let him play point guard.

He got the California primary for him.

He's dating Buckland now.

Because they went to a basketball game?

The President's Community Empowerment Board?

Yes.

The board helps run the President's initiative to steer private

investment jobs to inner cities? Yes.

This commission's his dream come true.

And we gave him a seat on it.

And he turned you down.

He turned you down.

When?

Shortly after... The game ended

in double overtime.

Ah, damn it!

Margaret!

Margaret, Margaret.

Yeah, okay.

Okay, Jamie, I have to get off. Thanks.

The fire's at 1,500 acres.

Sam, Victor Campos had a meeting last night

then he passed on the Community Empowerment Board.

Really? Yeah.

Can you set up a meeting for me? Yeah.

I want one of my people there with him.

At the meeting?

Yeah. Why?

'Cause I do. Sam can do this.

I'm not saying he can't

but I want one of my people there

to make sure I get the story straight.

Sam will have the meeting and report back.

and one of my people will be there

Time to distinguish between the White House

and the campaign.

Sam does this for us.

Does he do it right?

Oftentimes.

You guys know I'm sitting right here, right?

We're going to set up a meeting.

And we might want to think

about putting this fire out.

Donna?

Don't touch that stack over there.

That stock is the Secret Service logs

of all visitors who came into the building to see Charlie.

You feel like being fixed up with a hot guy.

which is the Secret Service logs...

What did you say?

His name is Cliff Calley.

and he broke up with his girlfriend.

Where does he work?

He's cute as hell. Where does he work?

He works in the Minority Counsel's office? Not exactly.

Where does he work?

Let me say this.

He works with the Minority Counsel's office.

He works for the Majority Counsel's office.

He's a Republican.

We are the majority.

He works for the Majority Counsel's office

Josh is in a 12-round fight with Ways and Means.

If you're not comfortable...

Josh, who picked me out of nowhere

who works day and night

and is under more pressure than ever

and who hates these people.

I don't know. Is he funny?

Yeah. Should I tell him to call you?

but I'm just, you know, phone rings

I answer it, could be anybody.

Okay.

Don't touch that stack.

What do you need?

I'm putting you on Capitol Beat tonight.

The subpoenas.

"Clem Rollins is running..."

Listen to me.

"Clem Rollins is running a thorough, fair

"and impartial investigation.

"We're willing to cooperate with the Special Prosecutor."

"We're eager to cooperate with the Special Prosecutor."

Don't oversell it.

I need to bring Victor Campos out here.

What do you got?

15-minute op in the Rose Garden.

Campos has 48 pictures in the Rose Garden.

Senate hearings on trade agreements

Campos can discuss his objections to the President's position.

that Campos objects to his position. What else?

I don't... Hey, you know what?

The unveiling of the HELP initiative.

Hispanic Education Longevity Program.

It lowers the dropout rate

for Latino high school students.

Man, you've got a killer body. You know that?

In fact, I do.

Good morning. Before I forget

Victor Campos has been added to the guest list

for the unveiling

of the Hispanic Education Longevity Program.

That's Thursday, day after tomorrow. Mark?

C.J., is the White House filing any complaints

over the leaks coming from the Special Prosecutor's office?

I can tell you that Oliver Babish and Mr. Rollins

have had several productive conversations about that.

Do they speak often?

What was the compromise that was on the table?

worth less than a million dollars, you're exempt.

they settled on $2h million.

Seems reasonable.

It wasn't reasonable.

It wasn't in driving distance of reasonable.

These people have paid taxes on this money already.

they paid it in property tax capital gains.

They got to pay...

Don't say it.

a death tax?

98% of estates pay no taxes at all.

We're talking about people who are loaded.

You think just because people can afford a tax

If we're going to spend millions of dollars on tax breaks

A million dollars isn't what it used to be.

And they don't make good yachts anymore.

What'd they say?

The meeting's not going to be rescheduled.

Legislative Affairs has it from three rural House Democrats

that Ways and Means is trolling for votes.

On a complete repeal?

Yeah.

Huh.

( Toby sighs )

TOBY: Screw it. We went from a million to two-five.

What if we throw in another...?

Nah. I'm saying maybe

we expand the compromise...

They're not going to reschedule the meeting.

Because it's not about the estate tax.

and they can get what they want now, right?

The meeting's not going to be rescheduled.

What do you think?

I can tell you what he thinks.

He thinks we roll with it.

He thinks a president can't be against tax cuts

He thinks since our key districts have farms

that are going to be inherited, we have to...

Huh.

He thinks we roll with it.

I think... he should take out the A-bomb.

DOUG: I think he's got to do something

he's never done even once before.

How about I shove Article 1, Section 7 up your ass?"

Screw the compromise.

I think he's got to veto.

Toby, I just... don't know

on how many fronts we can fight a war.

You want to find out?

Yeah.

C.J.

We had a meeting at OEOB.

We were going to come by and see you.

About what? The last couple of days

the press has been real soft on Rollins.

Particularly with regard

to his relationship to the White House.

And there's concern on the Hill?

Democrats are worried Republicans'll use this

as an excuse to start their hearings

earlier than expected.

We're just saying if the White House could seem

a little less confident in the guy's integrity...

Yeah. And if you could

downplay his friendship with Babish.

Have a good night.

You, too.

How'd the call with the Governor go?

It didn't go that well.

Why not?

He's demanding we put the fire out.

The President tried to calm him down, but he kept accusing us

of advocating "fringe environmental policies."

It's not clear, but for the moment

the President and the Governor had a productive conversation.

He's monitoring the situation

with the Secretary of the Interior.

Excuse me. Hey.

Shouldn't you be someplace keeping me out of jail?

I'm taking a break. You wanted to see me?

You did well last night on Capital Beat. Thanks.

Babish and Rollins wrote a paper together

for the Yale Law Review.

You should get it out there.

Yeah, the problem is

I can't just make photocopies and distribute it.

What do you need?

I want you to get with one of your friends

You think we have a secret handshake, don't you?

Get alone with this guy go off the record and say

you can't believe how the President can be claiming

to waive Executive Privilege yet still reserve the right

to withhold certain documents.

Can you do that?

can be claiming to waive Executive Privilege

yet still reserve the right to withhold certain documents.

Yeah, do it quietly and kind of shake your head in disbelief.

I can't believe how the President

and yet... You don't have to keep shaking your head

I can't believe... Okay, but think...

Okay, I've got it. Thank you.

Charlie?

Yes, sir.

Are we out of pens?

That's a good pen.

I need an everyday pen.

I've got pens.

You've got crappy pens with plastic tops.

I need a solid pen that feels good in my hand

but it's not so formal I feel like a dandy.

I'm making some trips to pen stores

aren't I, Mr. President?

I used to have the perfect pens.

Every day, right here in my pocket.

I loved those pens.

The paper soaked up the ink.

What the hell happened to those pens?

Do they not make them anymore?

I kept that company in business.

Sir, when do you think you might begin

interviewing candidates to replace Mrs. Landingham?

You know I just haven't gotten to it.

The office would set up the meeting... It's just been busy.

Maybe we'd bring in somebody like

a headhunter... Is there a rush on this?

You need a secretary, sir.

to say nothing of the Secretaries of State

Defense, Treasury and Education.

Sir. Yeah.

Things are getting missed.

It's nobody's fault

and everyone's been trying to cover

but things are getting missed.

Things have been fine.

and I'll be back in the office after, okay?

Yes, sir. You getting dinner?

Down in the mess.

I'll see you later.

Mr. President?

Yeah.

She put the pen in your pocket.

Every morning.

She slipped it in there.

How you doing?

Good. How about you?

Good.

So the thing about me?

Yeah?

Is I'm a brilliant political mind.

Yeah?

That's not an easy get.

No. Bruno and Doug know that I can

handle the tough meeting.

That's why they're sending me with you

I have an exceptional mind. But?

I don't know who Victor Campos is.

Yeah. Look, pal, I went

to Oxford, okay?

Which is in England.

Hey, you weren't kidding

about that exceptional mind.

Sam. England's in Europe, right?

Sam.

He's the head of the AFSE--

American Federation of Service Employees, Local 1262.

He's the head of a local?

Yeah.

And he rates a meeting with a senior staffer?

A Democrat can't get elected

to anything in California without him.

He can pick up the phone

and have 5,000 people at your rally in an hour.

He's got a state-of-the-art

voter mobilizing operation in place.

A massive room with computer banks

tracking voter registration.

With his endorsement comes 350,000 calls

callbacks, mailing and e-mails.

Is there anything in particular

I should do at this meeting?

Don't get in my way.

Taxi!

( sighs )

Excuse me.

Are you Donna Moss, by any chance?

Yeah.

I'm Cliff Calley.

I'm really sorry I'm late.

No, that's all right.

Were you waiting long?

No, no, like...

It was like an hour and a half

or something.

There are these boxes.

I'm sorry?

There are these boxes that I...

It doesn't matter.

No, I just came out to stretch my legs.

You shouted for a cab.

I like to test them.

I usually look a lot better than this.

I mean, I can look good.

I don't have any trouble believing that.

But, listen, it sounds

like maybe you're having

some problems with boxes and I know how that can be

so if you'd rather do this...

Will you buy me a drink?

Sure.

BOBBI: C.J., can you clear up

whether the Special Prosecutor can compel the President's staff

to disclose conversations he's had regarding his MS?

C.J.: Well, Executive Privilege protects all communications

that are necessary to enable a president

the President's waiving Executive Privilege. Mark?

Can you tell us if...

Excuse me, I need to follow up on that.

How can Bartlet be claiming to waive Executive Privilege

yet still reserve the right to withhold certain documents?

Isn't he just trying to protect himself?

Actually, he's trying to protect the Office of the Presidency.

Information pertaining to national security, for instance.

Stop being coy, C.J.

I was born this way.

You don't think Clement Rollins

will be angry, and with every reason to be

if the White House leaves out certain documents?

I think if you want to know what Clement Rollins thinks

you should read some of his writings on the subject.

He was a University of Chicago Law School professor

and I'm not sure, you can check me on this

but I think he was editor of the Yale Law Review.

That's a full lid, everybody.

Have a good night.

Thanks, C.J.

Thanks, C.J.

CAROL: C.J., Governor of Wyoming's been on TV.

Is he mad at us?

He's pretty irate.

Good irate, or... He's irate.

All right. Circulate a memo

to anyone who's going to see a microphone.

The National Fire Plan is based

on recommendations from five Federal Agencies.

It clearly states that 80 years

of fire suppression hasn't worked.

For centuries, wildfires have been a natural part

of the evolution of forest ecosystems.

it's no longer our policy to put it out?

That's the kind of thing they shouldn't say.

Put that in the memo

with a circle and a line through it.

C.J. Oliver.

Thank God for Lexis-Nexis, huh?

I'll say.

How long is it going to take them

to find the paper I wrote with Rollins?

They'll make their deadlines.

You know...

Yeah?

I was going to say

you took a beating the last few months.

Yeah.

And I was wondering if you were trying

to get back in the game with one swing.

Is that what you were wondering?

Yeah. Anything else?

No.

LEO: What do you know?

We've spent the last few hours

with the Minority Whip and some deputies.

They have the votes for a repeal?

They have 218 without breaking a sweat.

It's 290 to override.

The Republicans are calling an "all hands."

We're assuming

they get the full 226, plus Fayette

Genesee and Trent.

California...

A state I've begged you

to let secede from the Union.

The entire California delegation wants a compromise.

If they don't get one, they vote to repeal.

We lose about

another 13 votes from rural districts.

Maybe three of them would switch back to us if it was close

but they'd get killed next November

and I wouldn't ask them to do it.

That's 283.

Where are the other seven votes against us?

That's the thing.

It's from inside the Black Caucus.

That's where the seven votes are.

I want you two to see Mark Richardson

first thing in the morning.

We already set it up.

He'll make his decision to fight or live to fight

and that'll be that.

These are members

of the congressional Black Caucus.

Can you think of any reason

why they'd oppose the estate tax?

Sure.

What?

of black millionaires is about to die.

Leo.

Is he back?

Yeah. Thanks.

Charlie.

Yes, sir.

I'm expecting a call from Bill Horton

and I left the National Fire Plan in the dining room.

I'll run over and get it.

Thanks.

( door closes )

Good evening.

The Governor of Wyoming was an inch and a half away

from calling me a pyromaniac tonight.

That's surprising

'cause we really had respect for him before.

I'm saying somewhere out there

is a registered voter who's thinking

"I really liked this Bartlet fellow

but now that I see he's in favor of fire..."

He thinks it's going to adversely affect tourism.

It's the end of the season

and the fire isn't anywhere near tourists.

Letting this fire burn is good for the environment.

You know how I know?

How?

'Cause smart people told me.

Please God, Leo, let them be right.

When are you talking to Horton?

Any minute.

You want me in on the call?

Yeah.

I'll be in my office.

DONNA: Why are you a Republican?

CLIFF: I'm sorry?

Why are you a Republican?

Because I hate poor people.

I hate them, Donna.

They're all so poor

and many of them talk funny

and don't have proper table manners.

My father slaved away at the Fortune 500 company he inherited

so that I could go to Choate, Brown and Harvard

and see that this country isn't overrun

No. I-I'm a Republican because I believe in smaller government.

This country was founded on the principle of freedom

and freedom stands opposed to constraints

and the bigger the government the more the constraints.

Wow.

You agree with that?

No, it's crap, but you're really cute.

Yeah, I know.

( chuckles )

I had a hunch you did.

Oh.

Listen, you know who my boss is, right?

I do.

And he's one of the point men on this fight

with Ways and Means over the estate tax.

He doesn't like to call it that.

We've been ordered to. There was a memo.

Right. Anyway-- and not to editorialize--

but since we're fighting

for the betterment of ordinary people

while you're voraciously protecting

the grotesque wealth of the few

I wasn't sure if this was awkward for you.

Listen, Robin Hood...

It was, in 1916, when this country's wealth was concentrated

and we wanted to prevent the emergence

of an aristocratic class, however...

Says Choate, Brown and Harvard.

...the wealth is now spread among farmers

small business owners, farmers, merchants

and did I mention farmers?

So a second date wouldn't be awkward for you?

( chuckles )

Uh...

This is my last week working for Ways and Means.

Really?

I've been traded.

To where?

House Government Oversight.

What'd they trade you for?

Some toner, I think.

No, I mean why?

I don't know.

We got a call from the Majority Leader's office.

They wanted another litigator

at Government Oversight, and they didn't...

they didn't say why.

Maybe it was just an oversight.

Oh, come on.

"Maybe it was just an oversight"?

I don't even get a courtesy laugh.

The boxes.

What about them?

I have to say good night now.

CAMPOS: You didn't bring me out from L.A.

to talk about the Hispanic Education Longevity Program.

Victor, I was wondering why you passed on the Commission.

You didn't bring me out here to talk about HELP

and you didn't bring me out here to talk about the Commission.

And you didn't go to Indiana to watch a basketball game.

Don't get cute with me. Watch your mouth.

No, I don't think I will, Victor.

We fought a war together.

What the hell happened to loyalty?

You tell me. You know what?

The President promised to ban

permanent striker replacement workers, and he did it.

Thank you. So the jobs he isn't shipping overseas

will be safe and secure.

Who else was talking about prenatal care

for illegal immigrants in Davenport, Iowa?

That isn't where it needs to be talked about.

He put an empowerment zone in Pacoima

and no one has worked harder to raise the minimum wage.

Mi gente ganan mas que el minimo sueldo.

Te subio al podio en la maldita convencíon...

Porque necesitaban una cara morena.

Estas equivocado. No lo estoy.

The lowest Latino unemployment in history

more small business loans for Hispanic entrepreneurs

and the biggest drop in Latino poverty in two decades.

That's what I got in the last election.

What do I get in this one?

What happened to loyalty?

You can't deposit it in a savings account.

What do I get?

The high school dropout rate among Hispanics

is higher than it is for African-Americans.

We're going to double the funding

on the National High School Initiative. What else?

Children who came to the United States after welfare reform...

There's going to be a major push

on the Hispanic Children's Health Act. What's a major push?

He's going to mention it in the State of the Union.

Complete amnesty... No way.

Victor... Complete amnesty for all undocumented immigrants

from the Americas.

The Legal Amnesty Fairness Act is

in the Senate right now.

We can't back a bill that treats Hispanic immigrants

There's no way we can do it. Sure we can.

I'm sorry?

We really can't.

We really can.

Would you excuse us just a second?

Hi. When I said, "Stay out of my way"

did you think I meant... It's a bold stroke

that'll cost you some independents, but I...

Just so he can expand his union membership?

It'll also expand the Democratic Party.

Millions of illegal immigrants could come out of hiding.

That's millions of potential voters

who are going to vote for you.

Three million voters in California--

that's 13% of the vote, 19% in Arizona.

You know as well as I do

the Republican Party is going to try to outflank us on this.

You know it's the right thing to take to the President

He's giving me a hard time.

He's doing what he's supposed to do.

Recognize you're weaker than you were three years ago

have a little humility, suck it up, and give him what he wants

which is going to help you in the long run anyway.

Victor.

What do we get?

Excuse me?

If I take this to the President, what do we get?

California and its 435 delegates.

I shouldn't have blown up at you before.

Nobody'll know.

Yeah?

Loyalty.

Josh, you think the Black Caucus votes in a bloc

and that they only care about the cities.

Surely, Congressman, the African-American community

can think of better ways to spend $28 billion

than a tax break that'll benefit fewer than 1,000 black families.

You're doing it again.

Mark... The African-American community

doesn't think one way about anything.

We're talking about a few members of the caucus...

That was pretty surprising.

A few members who feel that African-American

home ownership is at its highest level ever

that more African-Americans are opening small businesses

than ever before, and if they can't pass it on

how will they build up power and clout

and self-sufficiency as a community?

You think a few black millionaires

justifies a multi-billion- dollar boondoggle?

Well, as long as there's a Congress

there are going to be multi- billion-dollar boondoggles.

We'd just like to share in them a little bit, please.

We're bleeding here, Mark.

What?

We're bleeding here, for God's sake.

or you can be ignored by a Republican president

but those are your choices.

How bad is it?

Buckland's coming after us.

He's been meeting with Victor Campos.

And while you guys are defending yourselves

against special prosecutors and Jack Buckland

what happens to the people who got you here?

Who you talking to, Mark?

We're not going to forget

about failing schools in central cities.

We're not going to forget about after-school care;

health care for uninsured kids.

We're not going to forget about drug treatment

or urban redevelopment, or community policing.

Yeah?

You got to not forget that we're bleeding.

The Black Caucus doesn't vote as one mind.

I can't promise anything.

The veto's an awfully big risk to take

if you can't promise anything.

Then the veto's an awfully big risk to take.

LEO: Has the fire abated at all?

HORTON: Not yet.

How far has it spread?

6,500 acres.

So it's starting to close in on the boundary?

It's not too late to reverse your decision.

LEO: Do you think he should?

No. Why?

There's a cold front moving down in from Alberta

with a 50% chance of showers.

Temperatures in the area have already started to drop

and if the rain reaches Yellowstone by tonight

it'll be enough to quell the fire.

and the President looks like an idiot for waiting this long.

Yeah, but we're going to make sure

he looks like an idiot, too, right?

Yeah.

Wyoming's just going to have to have some faith

that the Department of the Interior knows what it's doing.

Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Secretary.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Josh.

Yes, sir?

A ballerina?

Yeah, I didn't know what it was at the time.

I liked the word.

We'll go with that for now.

TOBY: Mr. President

we're here to recommend that you threaten to veto

any repeal of the estate tax.

Really.

Yes, sir.

What happened with Richardson?

No guarantees.

He wants to see what we're going to do next.

Let's make the threat.

You like this?

Yes, sir.

I thought you don't oppose a tax cut in an election year.

We're not talking about opposing a tax cut.

We're talking about vetoing one--

your first veto ever.

That's shooting the moon.

I'll say.

I like the bold gesture.

I think you got to get out the stamp.

You sign it.

You don't do it with a stamp.

I thought it was a stamp.

Actually, you stamp it, then sign it.

Who gives a damn, sir?

This is a tax cut that benefits only 4,500 families.

It doesn't matter

if most voters don't benefit.

They all believe that someday, they will.

That's the problem with the American Dream--

makes everyone concerned

for the day they're going to be rich.

The governors of Wyoming, Idaho

Montana and Utah

along with the Senate Majority Leader

and the Speaker of the House

are calling me a fringe environmentalist

'cause I'm listening to the Secretary of the Interior

and the Secretary of Agriculture

along with the U.S. Forest Service

the Chief Ranger, and the Park Superintendent.

They say letting the fire burn is good for the environment

and I'm betting on a weather report, of all things.

It's just one of those times.

C.J.: You don't have a bottle opener, do you?

I know some men carry those pocket knives.

I don't.

You screwed around with an independent legal proceeding

and you used one of my deputies to do it.

I worked the press.

You know, there was an irony in that Clem Rollins

You think just because the White House feels more comfortable

when they're in an ugly political fight

that means we're going to win it?

Anybody have a bottle opener?

Josh? Yeah.

For the hearings? Is it Judiciary?

You'd think so, but Thomas's committee wanted it

so the Majority Leader... Thomas's committee's?

House Government Reform and Oversight.

THOMAS ( on television ): This is an election year, and in some states

People deserve answers now, and not at the snail's pace

of Jed Bartlet's hand-picked prosecutor.

I am announcing

to conduct immediate hearings into the possible use

of taxpayer resources to defraud the public...

It is time to put an end to this White House's abuse of power.

It is time for this White House to answer the American people.