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Episode 206
THE LAME DUCK CONGRESS
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Personal
Blonde Republican hottie Ainsley Hayes went up against Sam on the point-counterpoint TV program Capital Beat. She humiliated Sam, outclassing him in a debate on public school funding. As a result, the President told Leo to hire Ainsley. Leo justified the hiring of an opposition party member by saying, "the President likes smart people who disagree with him."
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Political
The midterm congressional elections proved disappointing for the White House when, despite incumbent upheavals in twelve states (7 Republican, 5 Democrat), the Republican Party maintained their majority.
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A wily President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) considers the extraordinary option of recalling the Senate from a winter holiday to push through a ratification of a new nuclear test-ban treaty -- despite the lame-duck status of many Senators who will not return in the next session -- while the drunken Ukrainian leader (guest star Eugene Lazarev) thunders through the White House demanding to see the President. Elsewhere: Toby (Richard Schiff) is shocked to hear that even if the Senate returns, the White House might still lack the necessary votes; Sam (Rob Lowe) learns something when he grudgingly works with new Republican assistant counsel Ainsley Hayes (guest star Emily Procter); a stubborn C.J. (Allison Janney) argues against allowing reporter Danny (guest star Timothy Busfield) private access to the President for a series of exclusive stories; and Donna (Janel Moloney) is on a mission to get the President to back legislation on repetitive stress injuries. Bradley Whitford, John Spencer and Dule Hill also star. TV-14
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