The Lame Duck Congress

The Lame Duck Congress

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Lame Duck Congress
Series = The West Wing


Caption =
Season = 2
Episode = 28
Airdate = November 82000
Production = 226206
Writer = Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)
Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. (story)
Director = Jeremy Kagan
Guests = Timothy Busfield
Emily Procter
Eugene Lazarev
Mike Starr
NiCole Robinson
David Kaufman
Richard Tanner
Tegan West
Brian Stepanek
Wayne Wilderson
Episode list = List of "The West Wing" episodes
Season list = Infobox The West Wing season 2 episode list
Prev =
Next ="The Lame Duck Congress" is the 28th episode of "The West Wing".

Plot

As the last days of the lame-duck Congress roll forward, Sam finds out an active opponent of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is going to be on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the staff considers calling for a special session to try and pass the treaty because it has no chance under the new Congress. Toby leads the effort but is caught short when a defeated Democratic Senator makes it clear why he can't support the treaty, even though he was the primary architect of it. Leo and C.J. have to do some fancy diplomatic footwork when a very pro-Western but equally pro-alcoholism Ukranian politician shows up at the White House demanding to meet with the President. Sam responds to Leo's new guideline for shorter policy summaries by working with Ainsley Hayes on a plan to prevent small-busines fraud, but she impresses Sam so much he adopts all of her ideas and sends the plan forward to Leo and the President.

External links

* [http://epguides.com/WestWing/ The West Wing Episode Guide]


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