The Stackhouse Filibuster
- The Stackhouse Filibuster
Infobox Television episode
Title = The Stackhouse Filibuster
Series = The West Wing
Caption =
Season = 2
Episode = 39
Airdate = March 142001
Production = 226217
Writer = Aaron Sorkin (teleplay)
Pete McCabe (story)
Director = Bryan Gordon
Guests = Tim Matheson
George Coe
Cara DeLizia
Episode list = List of "The West Wing" episodes
Season list = Infobox The West Wing season 2 episode list
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Next ="The Stackhouse Filibuster" is the 39th episode of "The West Wing".
Plot
The episode is told via the dramatic device of three of the main characters e-mailing their respective parents to apprise them what's going on. C.J. is explaining to her father why she cannot attend his 70th birthday celebration; Josh is writing to thank his mother for a pair of shoes; and Sam is writing to his father in an attempt to thaw the atmosphere between them following the disclosure of his dad's (28-year) affair. Everyone is at rather a loose ends, awaiting the outcome of an unexpected filibuster.
President Bartlet invites Leo to join him for dinner, and a comical conversation takes place between them along the lines of "We don't talk any more." Eventually Donna sees a way of resolving the filibuster after realizing that the Senator's grandson has a syndrome –autism– which he regards as not being adequately funded, and the episode ends on a poignant note,
ee also
* United States Filibuster
* Rule 22 of the Senate
External links
* [http://epguides.com/WestWing/ The West Wing Episode Guide]
* [http://rules.senate.gov/senaterules/rule22.php Rule XXII of the Senate]
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