All language subtitles for Highway to Heaven S03E11 Jonathan Smith Goes to Washington_Subtitles01.ENG

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Hi.

Any mail for Mark Gordon?

General delivery.

Just a second, I'll check.

Thank you.

Here you go.

Thank you.

Garbage, garbage,
garbage, more garbage.

Hey, a letter from Leslie.

Your sister, huh?

Yeah.

What's she got to say?

Well, I'll be.

You'll be what?

I guess I'll be
giving the bride away.

She's getting married.
- You're kidding?

That's great.

- Hey, Jonathan, we don't--
- No.

We don't have an assignment.

Our time' s our own.

Let's go to a wedding.

Great.

Come on, there's two
pieces of chicken let.

You telling me you can't--

Sis, this dinner was great.

Just great.

Oh, I'm glad you liked it.

Would anyone like more coffee?

No, I've had plenty.

Looks like Leslie and your
daughter really hit it off.

Yeah, they're great together.

Lindsay was so
thrilled to be staying

over at Leslie's while I
had this place repainted.

Yeah, let me tell
you something, Bill,

you're getting one great gal.

Yeah, you don't
have to tell me.

I know it.

Believe me.

Honey, can I borrow
your car tomorrow?

Mine's in the shop.

Oh, Les, I got meetings
all over town tomorrow.

I got a million things to do.

I have to go to the market, and
then you ted me to take Lindsey

down to the doctor's tomorrow.

And I have a fitting for
my wedding dress at 3:00.

Hey, I could take you,
give us a chance to catch up.

I don't want to put you out.

Leslie, you're my family.

You're the only one I got.

Hey, what about me?

What am I, chopped liver?

I'm sorry this
took so long, Leslie.

Leslie, I think you'd
better call Bill

and have him come down here.

He has some important
business meetings today.

What's wrong?

You're not Lindsey's
guardian yet, Leslie.

What I have to say,
I should say to him.

Doctor.

If Lindsay's anemic and needs
some kind of special diet

or vitamins, I think
you can trust me

to give him that information.

I'm going to be her mother.

Leslie, Lindsey is a
very sick little girl,

and it's not just a
question of vitamins.

Please, call Bill and
have him come down here.

It's so unfair.

It's so unfair.

What exactly does
she have anyway?

It's one of these one
in a million diseases,

a very rare form of
some kind of amino

acid metabolic deficiency.

I think that's what he said.

Her body doesn't make enough
of one kind of amino acid.

There's a block, a damning back,
and her body makes too much

of another kind of amino acid.

What does that do?

It's toxic.

It's why she hasn't grown.

It'll cause mental deficiency
and eventually it'll be fatal.

Maybe in a year, maybe two.

They don't know.

Isn't there
anything they can do?

Sure there is, just not
enough money in it, that's all.

How is she?

Oh, God, Les, I
don't know what to do.

I can't tell her.

How am I going to
tell my daughter?

Bill, you said there
was something they could

do but there's no money in it.

What did you mean?

Oh, there's an experimental
drug that's ready for market,

but there's so few
kids with this disease

that it's not worth it for
the pharmaceutical company

to manufacture it.

It's what they call
an orphan drug.

There's a whole bunch
of them for all kinds

of diseases that are so rare
there's no market for them.

Aren't there grants or funds?

I mean, there has
to be something.

This is the richest
country in the world.

Yeah, the doctor told me
the name of the drug company.

I was on the phone
two hours today

trying to talk to the head guy.

I couldn't even
get through to him.

You know, maybe we could try?

How?

Well, kind of
part of our job, you

know, our boss has connections.

Oh, God, anything
you could do.

All right, we'll try.

Mr. Burns?

What?
Oh.

I'm sorry if we startled you.

Well, you certainly did.

Who are you?

What are you doing in here?

I'm Jonathan Smith.

This is Mark Gordon.

We came to talk--

Look, I'm trying to
be nice about this.

I don't appreciate people
just walking into my office.

We tried to make
an appointment

but your secretary
said it was impossible.

Well, she was right.

Now, I'd appreciate it
if you would just leave.

I'm afraid we can't do that.

This is a matter
of life and death.

It involves a little girl
named Lindsay Norman.

All right.

All right, sit down.

But be brief.

There is a drug that your
company can manufacture.

If she gets it, she'll live.

If she doesn't, she'll die.

It's as simple as that.

Here's the name of the drug.

I had a doctor write it down.

I see.

What company are
you gentlemen with?

We're not with any company.

We're just here about
a little girl's life.

There's plenty
more like her, too.

Yes, of course.

You're with a patient
advocacy group then?

I suppose you could say that.

Well, Mr. Smith, was it?

I'm afraid there's
nothing I can do.

You can manufacture the drug.

You have the formula,
you have the chemicals.

But we don't have
the money, Mr. Gordon.

We were supposed to,
but now we don't.

What do you mean?

Some years ago, Congress
passed the Orphan Drug

Act for drugs just like this.

The act allowed Congress to
appropriate up to $4 million

a year to subsidize
the manufacture

of drugs of this kind.

$4 million, that's nothing.

Well, I agree, Mr.
Gordon, but Congress never

even appropriated
the full $4 million.

A couple of million and change,
that's all they ever approved.

Well, maybe next year they'll
appropriate enough money.

She may not be
alive next year.

Mr. Gordon, there are 20
million Americans who suffer

from 5,000 rare diseases.

Over half of them are
childhood diseases.

This is a business.

We can't lose money
and stay in business.

Our stockholders
won't let us do that.

That was the whole reason
for the Orphan Drug Act.

Now I wish I could
help, but you've

come to the wrong address.

It would literally
take an act of Congress

to get us the money to
manufacture the drug

that that little girl needs.

And where Congress is
concerned, you might as well

be talking about an act of God.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

I know exactly what you mean.

Listen, I
appreciate everything

you guys are trying to do, and
I'm willing to try anything

right now, but I
got to tell you,

I don't see Congress
coming to a screeching halt

just because of Bill Norman.

Well, maybe not
just for Bill Norman,

but there's got to be a whole
lot of families out there

that are going through
the same thing you are.

And if we start
getting on the phone,

rounding those people
up, people just like us,

then it won't just be our
family trying to do something.

In the meantime,
Mark and I can

be in Washington getting
people ready to listen

to what you have to say.

This is crazy.

No, no, what's crazy
is that we spend more

money on things to
kill people than we

do on things to save them.

And you really think
there's a chance?

I think we're not going
to know unless we try.

It's not going to be easy.

Lindsey's going to
have to know now.

She's going to have to
be part of this fight.

You want me to go in there
and tell my daughter there's

a chance that she might die?

No, I want you
to go in that room

and tell your daughter if
she's willing to fight for it,

there's a good chance
she's going to live.

Miss Wilson, this is
very, very important.

Mr. Smith, everyone's
problem is important,

but the Congressman simply
does not have the time.

Lady, we are talking
about a little kid here.

We are not a couple of tourists
off the street who want

to come in and shake his hand.

Congress will more than
likely adjourn tomorrow.

Congressman Kelly
has so many things

he has to clear up on his desk.

The only thing on
Congressman Kelly's desk

is some brochures on Hawaii
and a couple of their very

loud Bermuda shorts.

I beg your pardon?

That's what's on his desk.

Now we're here
about a little girl

who's going to die
unless somebody

takes the time to help us.

It's a little girl no different
than your granddaughter

Allison.

How do you know my
granddaughter's name?

Let's just say
I do my homework.

Wait here, gentlemen.

I'll see what I can do.

The Congressman will
see you now, gentlemen.

Thank you very much.

Good luck.

Well, that's about
it, Congressman Kelly.

If those budget cuts
aren't restored,

the drug companies
simply won't be

able to afford to make
the medicine that Lindsay

needs to stay alive.

I see.

Well, boys, I'm just
as sorry as I can be,

but I'm afraid there's
nothing I can do to help.

At least, not this
session of Congress.

But I assure you, the child will
be in my prayers, Mr. Gordon.

You hypocritical phony.

Mark.

Now, wait a minute, Jonathan.

This is between him and me.

I think this conversation
is just about over, gentlemen.

Now if you'll excuse
me, I have business to--

No, that's where
you're wrong, mister,

because my end of this
conversation is just starting.

Now I am an American
citizen, I am a veteran,

and I am a taxpayer, which
means that you work for me.

I am your business.

You've got nothing to attend
to that is any more important

than this little girl's life.

Mr. Gordon, this may come
as a big surprise to you,

but I've got a desk
full of problems

that people think are just as
important as the one you've

brought me.

Congressman Kelly, you
know, choosing between a plaid

and an aloha print hardly seems
like an earthshaking problem

to me.

No, I guess it isn't, is it?

Look, let me explain what
you fellows are up against,

all right?

We're a day, maybe two at the
most away from adjournment.

Every congressmen and
senator is looking

to get out of Washington.

The House has already
approved the budget,

and there are enough
votes in the Senate

to get this thing passed now.

The battle is over.

Listen, we don't want to
change the whole budget, just

one little thing.

No one is going to hold up
approval of the whole budget

just for one little
amendment, which

may not have enough support
to get passed anyway.

Listen, we've got
the Normans out there

organizing all kinds
of families who are

going through the same thing.

I mean, in a few days,
they'll be enough of them

to come here and testify
in front of committees.

You don't have
a couple of days.

And there are no committees
to testify in front of.

The thing is on the
floor of the Senate now.

They'll be calling
for a vote tonight,

tomorrow at the latest.

Now, Corky McCorkindale
thinks he's

got the vote, which he does.

He's going to ramrod
this thing right through.

All right, this McCorkindale,
if we could talk to him,

if he'd see the
Normans, maybe we could

get him to change his mind.

Corky doesn't have a mind.

He's a political machine.

He votes for the money
or he votes for the party

or he votes for his
friends or whatever

lobby can do him the most good.

What if we could get
him to change his mind?

Then it would be a miracle.

And that's exactly
what it would take

to stop this budget
from going through,

even if you do get
Corky on your side.

Last time we had that big
a political miracle up here

was when Truman defeated Dewey.

You think you can give
them hell any better

than Harry Truman did?

Well, our boss has been
known to in His time.

And what about McCorkindale?

I'll give it a try.

Miss Wilson, try McCorkindale
for me, would you, please?

Senator McCorkindale?

I'm sorry, boys, I'm late.

Senator, I'm John Smith.

Congressman Kelly
called, you said you'd

give us five minutes late.
- I'm late.

What can I tell you.
Please?

It'll only take a
few minutes, Senator.

It's about a very
sick little girl.

Look, I'm on my way to push
a budget through the Senate.

The only thing
that could stop me

now is if my daughter
goes into labor.

Excuse me.

Senator?
Senator?

Telephone.

Take a message.

But it's the hospital.

Your daughter's just
gone into labor.

Oh, boy.

Call the Majority
Leader, tell him stall.

The vote can wait.

I'll be at the hospital
till my grandson is born.

Yes, sir.

Better let me drive.

Nurse, I'm Senator
McCorkindale,

how's my daughter?

Is the baby here yet?

No.

Not yet, Senator.

She's still in the labor room.

You can go see her if you like.

Oh.

No, I think, if you don't
mind, I'll wait out of here.

You understand?

How long do you
think it will take?

I'm in sort of a bind for time.

Oh, I really couldn't say.

It could take any
amount of time.

Well, I'll wait
right over here.

Let me know when the baby comes.
- Sure.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Hello, Senator.

How did you get
here before me?

I had a police escort.

That doesn't matter.

What does matter is that little
girl I wanted to talk to you.

Look, I hardly think this
is the time or the place.

Well, I think it is.

Who do you think
you're talking to?

I thought I was talking
to a servant of the people.

United States Senator, have
a little respect, please?

Respect is a two
way street, Senator.

Now that little
girl and thousands

like her are going to die if
that bill goes through as is.

Come on, that's
nonsense, and you know it.

You don't listen to
anything anybody says, do you?

I'm talking about lives here.

I'm talking about
people who can be saved

if you'll just put
back the appropriations

of the Orphan Drug Act.

Those appropriations
were cut for a reason.

You can't go bleeding
the people of their hard

earned money for every little
thing that comes along.

I don't believe you.

Don't you think that
little girl's life is just

as precious to her family
as the life of your grandson

that you're hoping for?

I've made my position clear.

If you insist on continuing
this conversation,

I shall have to have you
removed from the hospital

by an officer.

Any luck?

Are you kidding?

He's a stone wall.

Look, do me a favor.

Call the Normans, tell them to
get here as soon as they can.

Bring as many families with
them as they can muster.

How soon is soon?

Like yesterday.

I got you.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Bill, it's Mark.

Hey, Mark, how's it going?

So so.

How's it going with you?

Well, we've been on
the phone almost all day,

talked to nearly 50 families
in this state alone,

and 10 of them said they'd be
willing to be in Washington

within the next couple of days.

I think we need
those people there now.

We don't have a couple of days.

Bill, is there any way that
you could be on a plane

to Washington tonight?

He says he wants us on a
plane to Washington tonight.

Tell him we're on our way.

OK, Mark, we'll be there.

Now, good, we can use as much
help as we can get on this one.

You got it.

Right.

Be on the plane tonight.

Jonathon, why don't
you let me talk to him?

I don't have to be quite
as nice as an angel.

No, Mark, I want to
try something first.

Senator?

Senator McCorkindale?

What?

You have a grandson.

Oh, I do.

Oh, yes, of course, I do.

Wonderful.

Where is he?

Can I see him?

Your daughter is asking
to see you, Senator.

Oh, Caroline,
everything all right?

Where is he?

Where's the little fella?

The doctors have to
do some more tests.

That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.

No, we'll have to
talk about that later.

I got to get back.

I've got a bill to pass.

The little fella's already
holding up the United States.

Just listen to me.

My baby is sick.

Sick?

What are you talking about?

He has an inherited
bleeding problem.

I don't know the name.

It's very rare.

We'll call in a specialist,
please don't worry about it.

We've got doctors
up on the hill.

Just listen.

He's going to need medication.

Now the pediatrician
said there is a drug,

it was manufactured under
some kind of federal subsidy

program, but now the
doctor said that program

has been eliminated
because of budget cutbacks.

Cutbacks that you made on that
bill you're so anxious to get

signed.

No.

I went over the findings of the
Office of Technical Assessment.

They assured me that
the cuts were prudent.

Prudent?

Without medication, my
baby, your grandson,

does not have much
of a chance to live.

Oh, no.

Oh, that can't be true.

It is true.

Now I've never asked
you for anything.

I take it back,
I've asked a lot,

you've just never given
it, but this time you are.

I want you to use
all the power, all

the tricks that you
can to get that subsidy

put back into the budget.

Yes, I'll try,

We're talking about
your grandson's life,

you better do more than try.

I'll do it.
I'll do it.

I've got to get--

I've got to get a telephone.

I've got to stop the vote.

I'm so sorry.

Just stop the vote.

Dailey, what the hell
is going on over there?

I've tried Senator
O'Connell's number five times.

There isn't any answer.

Now, listen, I want you to
run down there and tell Buck--

I'm sorry, Senator,
they've all left.

Left?

What are you talking about?

They have to be there.

There's a vote scheduled.

They already held the vote.

Senator O'Connell
called to congratulate

you on passing the bill.

He said it went through
just like you wanted.

No, no, that's
not what I wanted.

Tell them, they can't--

they can't do this.

Tell them my grandson--

- Senator?
- What?

Senator, come on, wake up.

Just a dream.

Wake up.

What?

It's all just a dream.

Your grandson hasn't
been born yet,

the bill hasn't
been voted on yet.

There's still time.

There's still time for you
and your daughter, too.

How do you know what
my dream is about?

I couldn't get through to
you while you were awake,

so I did it while
you were asleep.

Wait a minute, who are you?

What is this?

I'm an angel, and you
know what it's all about.

You're an angel?

Hm.

You're some kind of a kook.

No, I'm not a kook, Stinky.

What did you call me?

Stinky.

Isn't that what Harry Truman
called you up on the hill

when you were just a
freshman Congressman?

Remember Sam Rayburn introduced
you to Harry and he said,

Harry, keep an eye on this
boy, he's got what it takes.

But Truman didn't like
the smell of your cigar,

so he called you Stinky.

There were only three
people in that room.

I'm the only one alive.

How do you know?

Harry told me while
you were asleep.

You are an angel?

Mm-hm.

That's right.

You started out
doing so much good.

What happened?

Realities.

Yeah.

You can't do anything in
this town, good or bad,

without power.

You sure got plenty
of that, all right.

Somewhere along the
way, I guess you

forgot what you wanted it for.

There's still time.

It's up to you.

You wait right here.

I'll be right back.

Breathe.

Breathe.

Easy, easy.

Breathe easy.

Yeah, breathe.

That was a good one.

[knocking]

How are you doing?

Hello, Kevin.

You did come.

Yes, Caroline.

Oh, I'm OK, but
this baby doesn't

seem to want to come out.

Oh, Caroline, I
would apologize to you.

What?

I know I haven't been
much of a father to you,

or much of a husband to your
mother, for that matter.

There's nothing I can say now
to make up or undo things,

but I want you to know I love
you and I'm very proud of you.

Daddy, are you all right?

Oh, yes.

For the first time in a long
while, I'm very all right.

But I can't stay
with you know, I've

got to get back to the Senate.

So that's what
this is all about?

It's OK, Daddy, I'm used
to you ducking out on me.

I'm not ducking out on you.

I'm going back there for you.

For the baby.

For a lot of other little kids.

And this time, I'm not
voting with the money

or the lobbyists or the party.

And after the vote is over,
I'm coming back to you, to both

of you, to all three of you.

Here we go again.

Breathe.

Breathe.

Breathe.

Easy, easy.

Breathe easy.

Daily, I've been trying
to reach the Majority

Leader and Buck O'Connell.

Where in hell is everybody?

I'm sorry, Senator, I
tried but Senator O'Connell

got to the Majority
Leader and told them they

had enough votes without you.

Without me?

They're on the floor right
now ready to call for the vote.

They went ahead without me.

Nothing I can do now.

We've lost, kid.

Not yet, we haven't.

I can't do anything
if I'm not there.

There's no way I can
get there in time.

Oh, yes, there is.

Trust me, Senator.

Very well, if there are no
more motions on the floor,

we will call the roll.

Corky, I thought you
were at the hospital.

How in heaven's name
did you get here?

I think you just
answered your own question.

You shouldn't be here, you know.

I know, Corky, but
they keep electing me

and I keep showing up.

He can't see me or hear me.

Only you can.

Well, here we go.

Chair recognizes
Senator McCorkindale.

Yes, thank you, Charlie.

Mr. Acting president pro tem,
distinguished colleagues,

I know we're all in a hurry to
pass this budget and go home,

but I think we made a mistake.

There are a few things cut
out of that budget that

ought not to have been cut out.

[groaning]

Corky, what in
hell's got into you?

Nothing in hell's
got into me, Bucky.

Just the opposite.

Now just a second
here, Senator.

I recognized you
because I thought you

wanted to call for the vote.

Well, I know that that's
the way we worked it out

in the cloakroom, but,
Charlie, I changed my mind,

because what I really want to
do is to introduce a motion

to hold that vote up until some
people can get here and give

testimony before
the Senate Budget

Committee, which is where I want
this budget to be sent back to.

Charlie, that thing in your
hand ain't a nutcracker.

It's a gavel.

Why don't you bang for order?

All right, let's
have order here.

I have been
waiting to say this

all my life, stop the presses.

Old Corky McCorkindale
has just moved

to send the bill he helped
author back to committee.

Senator Waylon?

No.

Senator Winthrop?

Yes.

Senator Yarborough.

No.

Senator Yerman?

No.

The vote is 39 in
favor, 58 opposed.

Senator McCorkindale's
motion is defeated.

Well, that's the ball game.

Looks like Old Corky's
overplayed his hand.

Is there anything
else he can do?

He's made the
motion, he's lost.

Once Charlie recognizes
Buck, we're sunk.

Now then, do I hear a call
for a vote on the budget?

I need more time.

And that's just
what you ran out of.

Mr. President-elect pro tem?

The chair recognizes--

what the?

Ladies and gentlemen, we
will recess for a few minutes

until we get the lights back on.

I guess somebody
forgot to pay the bill.

When the lights go on, I want
you to recognize me, Charlie.

No way, Corky.

I don't know what's
got into you,

but I'm going to recognize
Buck, and we're going to vote

this thing through and go home.

What's the matter
with you, Corky?

You got religion or something?

There's worse things to get.

Not for you, because if you
try to stop this vote one more

time, I'm going to see
to it that there's not

a cent of PAC money for you.

Your whole party
will be against you.

You'll be a pariah.

No friends, no money, no
clout, and no more Corky.

Little Bucky Conner.

I made you what you are today.

I took you under my wing,
showed you the ropes.

Yes, you did, and
you get in my way now,

and I'll hang you with them.

Charlie, when those
lights come on,

you be sure you recognize me.

You got it.

See you on the floor, Senator.

[indistinct conversation]

The Senate is now in session.

The chair recognizes
Senator McCorkindale.

Why did I say that?

Heaven only knows,
Charlie, but you did.

Just say what you got
to say and get on with it.

Well, Buck, what I got to
say just may take some time,

and according to the
rules of the Senate,

I've got the floor as long as
I don't stop talking and as

long as I don't sit down.

So, you fellows and gals
might just as well settle in

for a spell because
my stomach is full,

my shoes are comfortable,
and my bladder is strong,

and I intend to keep on
talking until those folks

I told you about get here.

Buck, sit down.

We temporarily
interrupt this program

to bring you a Special
Report from the Senate.

This is Henry Dansker.

In an effort to block passage
of the O'Connell budget,

74-year-old Senator Fritz
Corky McCorkindale has just

begun a one man filibuster.

The Senator has been speaking
for just over three hours now.

It is a courageous
display of bravado,

but the question is, how
long can a 74-year-old man

stay on his feet?

Speculation runs high he
cannot hold out much longer.

That's what you think, pal.

Go get them, Pop.

You go get them.

It's your grandpa, kid.

Your made it.
Great,

We got 10 other
families here, too.

All right, let's go get them.

I am not a bleeding heart.

We are not looking
for a handout,

but there are certain things
a man can't do for himself.

He can't heal himself.

He can't manufacture
his own medicines.

He can't dictate just when
a catastrophic illness

will strike his family.

To turn our backs on them, it's
just not sound fiscal policy.

It's not sound American policy,
and I'll be damned in hell

if I'm going to be part of it.

And so will you.

Hey, Corky?

Give them hell, Corky.

Well, they're here.

Now if we could only figure
out a way to get them heard.

You've got it.

Will the Senator
yield the floor

for a point of information?

All right.

Seems like the gremlins are
at work tonight, Senators.

The Senators only
restrooms are out of order.

Senators wishing to
use the facilities

will have to use
the public ones.

I like your style.

I try.

Senator?

Thank you.

Excuse me.

My grandson is born.

Is he all right?

He's fine.

Fine, healthy grandson.

I have an announcement
of my own to make here.

I'm the proud grandfather
of a 7 pound 3 ounce

baby boy, whom my daughter
informs me that she's going

to name him Fritz after me.

Thank you.

Thank you, darling,
if you hear me.

Well, I was--

I was one of the lucky ones.

My grandson's OK.

But he could have been
one of the thousands

that this country that's not OK,
that needed medicine and can't

get because we're
too busy building

bombs with cameras inside them
so we can make sure who we

kill.

Now what kind of sense is that?

Hi, Senator, I'm mark Gordon.

Say, I'd like you to
meet a friend of mine

while you're waiting.

Hi, my name's Lindsey.

I'm one of the kids the
Senator was talking about.

Hi, Senator.

Madam, you can't be here.

This is the men's room.

Don't worry about it.

I'm a nurse.

Now let me tell you
about my grandson.

He has a disease
that can be treated,

but he can't get the medicine.

And now, Senators, I would
like to read to you my aunt

Martha's recipe for pecan pie.

You take 2 cups
of fresh pecans--

[whistle]

Well, Senators, I guess
you'll have to ask my Aunt

Martha for the recipe,
because I've just

been informed that
you've met the people,

they've had their say.

Now, it's between you
and your conscience.

Somebody call an ambulance.

Hey, what happened in there?

I must have passed out.

We've got to get
back into the vote.

It's going to be a close one.

Take a look, Corky.

You didn't just pass
out in there, Corky.

You mean?

That's right?

What about the vote?

We lost.

What are you talking about.

It's going to end in a tie.

That's going to
send it to Charlie,

and he's going to push
that bill through as is.

You did your best,
that's all you can ask.

No, no, no, it isn't.

I've got to get back in there
and break that tie vote.

Look, you've got to get
Him to let me get back in.

Corky, that's
against the rules.

Well, let Him waive the rules.

I can't help you.

Jonathan, leave it to a pro.

Your boss and me
can work out a deal.

Senator Waylon?

Yes.

Senator Winthrop?

No.

Senator Yarborough?

Yes.

Senator Yerman?

No.

The vote is--

Incomplete.

The vote is incomplete.

The Senate will come to order.

Corky, you all right?

You look as pale as a ghost.

Well, to tell you the truth,
Bucky, old boy, I'm dead,

but you wouldn't believe that
in a million years, would you?

Senator McCorkindale?

Before I cast my
vote, I'm going to tell

you birds a thing or two.

They say that old
Abe Lincoln's ghost

walks the White House whenever
his spirit is troubled.

Well, from now on, Old
Corky McCorkindale is going

to be haunting these halls.

We're going to send this
budget back to committee,

and when it comes
out, you're going

to do right by these
people who put you here,

or I'm coming back and scare
the living daylights out of you.

The vote is no.

The children win, you lose.

[indistinct conversations]

It's time to go, Senator.

Uh, I'd like to ask
you one more favor.

Name it.

Can we make one more
stop along the way?

It's to keep a promise.

We've got lots of time.

And it has now been confirmed.

After waging the most historic
struggle in decades in the US

Senate, Fritz Corky McCorkindale
has succumbed to a heart attack

at age 74.

Though there still seems
to be some confusion

over the exact time of death.

No, I'm OK.

Don't cry.

Caroline, I'm OK.

She can't hear you, Corky.

Oh, yeah.

Look at him, huh?

The little fella.

I think he favors
me, don't you think?

Yeah, I think so.

My grandson.

Kevin, do you smell something?

No.

What are you talking about?

That smell.

It's my dad's cigar.

I'd know that smell anywhere.

Caroline.

He's with us, Kevin.

Trust me.

He's with us right now.

OK, we can go now.

Let me ask you something, do
they have committees up there?

You know, I could be a real
help to the boss if they do.

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