West Wing personnel and authority shift: Josh Lyman's management/control of White House priorities and resources (pragmatic bargaining) collides with the First Lady's office (and Donna's elevation), producing bruised pride, questions of loyalty, and a ...
West Wing personnel and authority shift: Josh Lyman's management/control of White House priorities and resources (pragmatic bargaining) collides with the First Lady's office (and Donna's elevation), producing bruised pride, questions of loyalty, and a reconfiguration of influence.
Events in This Arc
In the Roosevelt Room Josh stages a cold, transactional budget deal — proposing an 80/70 framing to OMB aides — then quietly reveals he has removed a $12 million earmark …
A routine fax becomes a quiet gut‑punch. Donna brings Josh campaign updates, but a frantic interruption about a mysterious $30 million re‑earmark forces Josh to demand the rest of the …
In Josh's bullpen late at night an administrative snag explodes into a crisis of trust. Maddi Tatem rushes in to tell Josh that millions were re-earmarked from the immunization fund …