Minority Leader's Office

Sam's phone line severs abruptly from the Minority Leader's Office, unleashing chaos with word of a surprise House vote on veto override locked in 90 minutes. This opposition war room masterminds procedural ambushes, blindsiding White House defenses amid Bartlet's cratering popularity and tax-cut frenzy, propelling Toby's sarcasm-fueled mobilization of whip counts, phone banks, and airline scrambles into desperate legislative trench warfare.