Education Appropriations Bill — $700,000,000 (Ceremonial Packet, S01E15)

Used in a ceremonial signing event by President Bartlet in Season 1, Episode 15.

1 appearances

Purpose

To authorize and appropriate $700,000,000 for a major education initiative and to serve as the official legislative instrument launching the program.

Significance

Functions as the administration's concrete policy victory and symbolic leverage: a narrative cudgel Josh wields to chastise the press, a proof of accomplishment that contrasts with the news cycle's neglect, and a rallying point for White House messaging.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

1 moments

S1E15 · Celestial Navigation

Josh Skewers the Press Over Ignoring the Education Bill

The ceremonial copy of the Education Appropriations Bill is invoked as the physical proof of the administration's achievement. Josh references the President signing the bill and giving away pens to underline that the win was tangible, not rhetorical — the document functions as the foil to the press's inattentiveness.

Before: Ceremonial copy had been signed in a recent White House ceremony, held by aides as symbolic proof and prepared for public display.

After: Remains a signed ceremonial artifact symbolizing the administration's accomplishment; in the scene it exists primarily as rhetorical evidence rather than a prop physically present on stage.

View full event