Choate

pragmatic persistent advocative

Senator Choate presses President Bartlet for federal funding of faith-based social services. Churches, synagogues, and mosques in his state run programs that keep kids in school and off drugs, he argues, providing effective solutions until better options arise. He makes his pitch in the Oval Office alongside Senator Fred Schuler, blending pragmatic appeals to results with pleas for support amid constitutional pushback.

2 appearances

Faith-based social services funding

Also known as: Senator Choate

Choate's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E2 · 20 Hours in America Part II

Church, State and the Missing Secretary

Earnest and slightly impatient—focused on outcomes for his constituents rather than abstract legalism.

Argues pragmatically on behalf of faith groups as frontline social-service providers, pleading for federal support until alternatives exist.

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S4E2 · 20 Hours in America Part II

The President's Small-Scale Rage

Pleading and pragmatic; focused on constituency results rather than abstract legality.

Advocates for churches, synagogues, and mosques as practical service providers; leaves the policy exchange as Bartlet turns inward toward personnel grievances.

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Affiliation

Roman Senate

Deliberative Governance and Extended Political Debate in Ancient Rome