Inaugural Committee
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The Inaugural Committee is the institutional actor whose cost-saving decision not to pay for hotel rooms is explicitly blamed for the Bible handlers being stranded and the Bible failing to arrive; its fiscal choices directly shape the scene's conflict.
Represented indirectly through characters' dialogue blaming its decision and through the absence of resources that result from its policy (unpaid rooms).
Exerts administrative control over logistics and budget; its decisions affect even ceremonial aspects of the presidency and sit above individual staff actions.
Demonstrates how bureaucratic thrift and administrative decisions can undermine ritual and public presentation, revealing tension between cost-control and ceremonial necessity.
Implied tensions between fiscal conservatism and operational needs; possible prioritization debates that led to refusing payment for rooms.
The Inaugural Committee is implicated as the administrative body whose cost-cutting decisions (refusing to pay for four hotel rooms) set off the chain that stranded the Bible on a frozen Metroliner. Their choices surface as a small but politically resonant failure of logistics.
Represented indirectly through Charlie's report and Bartlet's complaint — the committee's decision is voiced by staff, not by a committee member.
Exerts practical control over inauguration logistics and budget; indirectly constrains the President by creating avoidable operational problems.
This micro-failure reflects how bureaucratic cost decisions can produce embarrassing practical failures, revealing tension between fiscal control and ceremonial needs within institutional processes.
Implied tension between cost-saving priorities and the practical needs of handlers and ceremonial protocol; a chain-of-command that favors committee discretion over presidential convenience.
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