PSSF Grants

PSSF grants anchor the Roosevelt Room budget talks as Josh pitches an 80/70 split to OMB aides, who probe if the $80 million covers them. This line item ties directly to a $12 million earmark Josh cuts—originally pledged to the First Lady for CDC immunization education—prompting Max's hallway confrontation over the betrayal.

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Purpose

Delivering federal funding to programs including CDC immunization education

Significance

Josh's decision to trade the earmark within PSSF grants shatters trust with Max and risks fallout with the First Lady, marking a pivot where pragmatism overrides loyalty in budget horse-trading.

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

The $12 Million Trade — Pragmatism vs. Loyalty

PSSF grants are invoked as the specific spending line under discussion — the 80/70 framing is proposed as an anchor for negotiations over these grants. The object functions as the technical subject that grounds the room's bargaining and justifies the trade-off language Josh uses.

Before: Listed and active within the budget conversation as a candidate for negotiation and anchoring (discussed but not yet finalized).

After: Remains the focal spending category for negotiation; the broader submission framing (80/70) is set around it though micro-level earmarks have been shifted.

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