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Debbie's Senior Staff Meeting Rules Email

Debbie wields the email as ironclad authority in the Northwest Lobby chaos. She quotes its 'Rule One': late to Senior Staff meetings means barred entry. Backed by hard stats on Bartlet's over-scheduling, it halts Josh cold after his Orlando collision, shifting dynamics from improvisation to rigid order amid Election Night frenzy.

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When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E7 · Election Night

Debbie Locks the Door — Scheduling Discipline on Election Night

Debbie's Senior Staff Meeting Rules Email is the documentary authority Debbie quotes at the Outer Oval door; it functions as the institutional artifact that converts procedural data into enforceable behavior and shuts down Josh's improvisational claim.

Before: Exists in staff communication systems; presumably read and enforced by Debbie.

After: Cited and enacted to deny Josh entry; its statistics reframe the argument from personal preference to organizational policy.

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S4E7 · Election Night

Sonogram Jokes and Election-Night Hustle

Debbie's Senior Staff Meeting Rules Email (invoked by Debbie) is the institutional text that enforces punctuality; it drives the dispute with Josh and embodies procedural authority in the scene.

Before: Distributed and read by staff (referenced by Debbie as authoritative policy).

After: Remains authoritative — Debbie uses it to bar Josh from immediate entry, reinforcing the rule.

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