Senate Appropriations Committee
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Dangled as Casey seniority prize in reshuffle opener, key to domino unlocking Foreign Relations for Mitchell isolation.
Via Casey's demanded slot
Pawn in senatorial repositioning game
Illustrates committee fluidity under leadership pressure
Vacancy chains from Budget pivot
Senate Appropriations targeted as Casey's desired upgrade from Budget, kickstarting reshuffle to bury Mitchell in Foreign Relations, underscoring committee seats as weapons in lame-duck ratification war.
As aspirational prize in strategy talk
Lured by seniority to enable chain reaction
Fortifies or fractures treaty vote blocs
Senate Appropriations Committee emerges as Casey's seniority target in reshuffle, domino starter burying Mitchell threats via procedural chess.
Referenced in shuffle bargaining
Coveted slot in White House neutralization play
Fortifies anti-treaty defenses if seized wrong
Highlighted by Josh for controlling Griffith's budget, provoking Bartlet's sharp query as key weapon in congressional assault detailed amid personal shock.
Invoked in fiscal threat briefing
Purse-string garrote on health policy
Threatens federal health initiatives
Senate Appropriations Committee spotlighted for controlling Surgeon General's budget, prompting Bartlet's sharp 'Appropriations?'—a visceral underscore of fiscal vulnerability fueling the crisis as Josh briefs, blending into the absurd defender litany.
Via Josh's verbal briefing to President
Wielding purse strings to choke funding
Weaponizes fiscal policy against health leadership
Senate Appropriations Committee highlighted for controlling Griffith's budget, Josh's warning intensifying Oval stakes as Bartlet processes fallout before dismissing staff.
Named in strategic update to President
Fiscal garrote tightening on health initiatives
Elevates policy fight to resource warfare
House Committees cast as veto-wielding gatekeepers, their Tobacco-bankrolled chairmen dooming transfers and embodying partisan sabotage that Leo cites to kill Josh's bid.
Via chairmen influenced by industry cash.
Exerting blocking authority over executive fund moves.
Reveals gridlock pitting branches in fiscal wars.
Chairmen prioritizing donor interests.
House Committees cast as primary obstacles, their tobacco-bankrolled chairmen poised to block transfers from Commerce, HHS, and VA per law, rendering $30M plea futile and provoking Leo's dismissal, highlighting partisan gridlock strangling executive justice pushes.
Via chairmen enforcing approval protocols as veto wielders.
Exerts congressional supremacy over executive fund reallocations.
Underscores budget brinkmanship crippling anti-corporate litigation.
Chair-driven hierarchy prioritizing donor agendas.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee manifests through Warren and Rossiter's stonewalling, their refusal to release DOJ funding for the tobacco suit framed as principled stand against unprovable claims and extortion, directly dooming the bill and igniting Josh's exit.
Via active members Warren and Rossiter in direct confrontation
Wields purse-string control, frustrating White House prosecutorial agenda
Amplifies partisan gridlock, delaying justice amid reelection pressures
Unified defiance despite party pressures on non-Southern members
House Appropriations Subcommittee referenced as battleground where Kalmbach blocks tobacco vote, Warren/Rossiter defect ideologically yielding 8-7 loss; its gridlock fuels Josh/Leo fury, intertwining legal justice push with MS crisis distractions.
Through named members' voting stances
Wields funding veto over executive agenda
Starves DOJ resources, exposing addiction policy hypocrisy
Cross-party holdouts fracture Democrats
Senate Appropriations Committee lambasted in draft as 'well-fed' homicide enablers, their subcommittee's 8-7 kill (Kalmbach, Warren, Rossiter) fueling White House ire now sidelined.
Via named members' defections
Wielding purse-string supremacy over executive suits
Exposes inter-branch warfare on health policy
Ideological splits among Democrats
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