Gag-rule: moral principle (Abbey/Amy/First Lady office) vs. political pragmatism (Josh, Senior Staff, President) — whether to issue a visible veto threat (SAP) that risks withholding urgent humanitarian aid or accept the amendment to deliver lifesaving...
Gag-rule: moral principle (Abbey/Amy/First Lady office) vs. political pragmatism (Josh, Senior Staff, President) — whether to issue a visible veto threat (SAP) that risks withholding urgent humanitarian aid or accept the amendment to deliver lifesaving funds.
Events in This Arc
In a domestic, playful morning beat Abbey quietly moves the President's wake-up and rouses him in bed, their flirtation and routine breakfast grounding Bartlet before the day. The banter collapses …
On Amy's very first day as the First Lady's chief of staff, Abbey barges in and forces a moral confrontation: will the President veto an $18 billion Foreign Ops bill …
In an intimate, late-night bedroom scene Bartlet and Abbey process the political fallout from Will's gaffe and Abbey's own messy interventions. Abbey unloads years of domestic disappointments and admits she …