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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.