Churches

Faith-Based Social Programs and Youth Welfare

Description

Senator Choate praises churches for running social programs that keep kids in school and off drugs. Bartlet engages this in Oval Office debate, drawing lines between neutral services like soup kitchens and unconstitutional subsidies for discriminatory faith-based operations. Churches position as community providers seeking federal funds amid political tensions.

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D'Astier

Ambassador to France

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S3E9

Leo Dispatches Mike to Josh and Rejects Hearing Sabotage Offer

Alone in the congressional hearing room on Christmas Eve, Leo summons FBI agent Mike Casper to brief him on escalating threats—seven more black churches targeted …

S3E9

Arson Escalation Briefing and Leo's Rebuke of Josh's Fixer Impulse

In a tense hearing break, FBI Agent Mike Casper briefs Leo on seven new arson threats against black churches in Tennessee, with 25 agents and …

S3E9

Flirtation Amid Arsons, Evidence Frustration, and Hearing Interference Exposed

In a brief moment of levity under crisis, FBI Agent Mike Casper flirts with Donna Moss, acknowledging burning churches delay his advances. Josh Lyman brusquely …

S2E3

The Rebellion’s Accusations: Cromwell’s Public Shaming and Private Fury

At Hampton Court, Thomas Cromwell’s carefully constructed political facade is violently shattered by two riders bearing news of a brutal rebellion in Lincolnshire. The riders’ …

S2E3

Cromwell confronts Lincolnshire rebellion rumors

Jolted awake by a nightmare, Thomas Cromwell is immediately confronted by two riders bearing urgent news of a violent rebellion in Lincolnshire. The riders report …