The Legislative Branch

• Planned to vote against the welfare reform bill because it included marriage incentives [3.22].

• He introduced a bill against gays in the military, but he isn't taken seriously by the White House [1.16].

• Angry about recommended cuts in funding for the M6 Beacon, he appeared, along with some officers from Cromwell Air Force Base, on a radio program in his home district and accused President Bartlet of being weak on defense [1.3].
• Toby wanted to pursue felony charges against Coles for saying: "Folks down here are patriotic, fiercely patriotic. The president better not be planning on making any visits to this base. If he does, he may not get out alive" ¹ [1.3].

• Connelly, with Haffley and Mitchell, form what Josh refers to as the unholy trinity [5.1]

• Former representative from the Texas 22nd district [4.1].

• He has a relative who has been arrested for drugs and gotten off easy. He was warned by Leo McGarry not to challenge the president's new drug strategy [1.20].

• He has a relative who has been arrested for drugs and gotten off easy. He was warned by Leo McGarry not to challenge the president's new drug strategy [1.20].

• A member of the Government Oversight Committee [3.9].

• A member of the Foreign Appropriations subcommittee [2.10].

• Defeated Mark Faragut in the Georgia 4th [3.7].

• He and Broderick conspired to attach a controversial land-use rider to the banking bill to strip mine the length and breadth of Montana [1.8].

• A member of the Government Oversight Committee [3.9]. He asked Leo about Article II of the Constitution and choosing Hoynes as a running mate.

• Lost a 2002 re-election bid after introducing gun ban legislation on behalf of the Bartlet administration [4.9]. 

• A member of the Government Oversight Committee [3.9].

• Congressman brought into a meeting with the Base Closing Commission by Josh's intern Ryan so that Josh would appear to be fighting like hell to save a military in the Congressman's district, thus earning Josh Finn's undying loyalty [5.15].

• He has a relative who has been arrested for drugs and gotten off easy. He was warned by Leo McGarry not to challenge the president's new drug strategy [1.20].

• A member of the Government Oversight Committee [3.9]. During the MS hearings, Josh tried to get him out of the room, rather than allow him to question Leo. 
• On the night of the final 1998 debate, Gibson (who had not yet run for Congress), met with Leo and two CEOs in Leo's hotel room.  Gibson left his briefcase in the room and, on returning to retrieve it, discovered that Leo was drunk [3.9].

• Member of the Commerce Committee opposed to statistical sampling in the census [1.5].

• He has a relative who has been arrested for drugs and gotten off easy. He was warned by Leo McGarry not to challenge the president's new drug strategy [1.20].

• Haffley, with Connelly and Mitchell, form what Josh refers to as the unholy trinity [5.1]
• Toby thinks Haffley may be a candidate to replace Walken as Speaker of the House, but Josh says even Republicans think Haffley's a fascist [5.1].  The Republicans chose Haffley as the new Speaker [5.2].
• Haffley's hardline negotiating tactics and last minute withdrawal of an offer caused President Bartlet to allow the government to shut down instead of cutting vital programs [5.7].
• Haffley was winning the media war during the government shutdown, but miscalculated when the President arrived at the Hill to negotiate.  Haffley left the President sitting outside his office while cameras rolled, and when Bartlet left, he had the upper hand [5.8].

Notable Quotes

"He thinks people want his big government. Let's show him how well Americans can get by without the Deputy Director of Regulatory Intrusion." [5.8]

• A congressional leader whose hearing aid doesn't work very well [2.11].

• Sam sometimes calls her Jeanette, and she sometimes calls Sam "cupcake."
• She's the third-ranking member on Ways and Means, and Sam asks her to line up validators [4.4].

• Lost a 2002 re-election bid after introducing legislation to raise taxes on behalf of the Bartlet administration [4.9]. 

• Chairman of a Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary subcommittee who opposes funding the administration's lawsuit against Big Tobacco [2.21].
• He received $460,000 in campaign funds from tobacco company political action committees in the last election cycle [2.21].
• Presidential candidate in 2002 [3.12]. Considered a "serious candidate" by Bartlet.
• Josh calls him a "fatass Rotarian gasbag"  who is vulnerable in his home state because of an influx of high tech industries. Bruno notes that if Kalmbach had won the nomination, the Bartlet campaign could have used his support for nicotine against him [3.2].

• He is interested in promoting a federal tax exempt MetroLink [1.4].
• He was elected with 52% of the vote in his district [1.4].
• Katzenmoyer threatened to vote against the gun control bill (H.R. 804), but Josh Lyman changed his mind [1.4].

• Planned to vote against the welfare reform bill because it included marriage incentives [3.22].

Kimball (D-TN)

• When Bartlet's "death tax" veto was threatened, Kimball attempted to get the White House's support on grazing rights and other bills, in exchange for his vote [3.4].

• He is opposed to campaign finance reform [1.20].

• She lost her 2002 campaign because she introduced a bill that would raise the gas tax, in order to decrease pollution and promote alternative energies. Toby offered her a position as the National Park Services Director, but withdrew his offer when the position became Senate-confirmable [4.9]. 

• Liberal Republican who worked with Josh on an $18 million dollar cleanup for Chesapeake Bay that was ultimately defeated because both right-leaning Republicans and left-leaning Democrats see Landis's seat as vulnerable [4.19].

• Made a floor speech naming Dr. Louis Foy -- Ellie Bartlet's boss -- as one of the researchers getting funding for research that conservatives consider objectionable; she got her information from a political action committee that runs a website on thelordhateshomos.org (sounds a lot like "Reverend" Fred Phelps, whose "church" runs a site on godhatesfags.com)  [5.16].

• Represents the Texas 22nd district.  His predecessor was Jim Cor.
• He's 34 years old, and came to the US in 1974. His family fishes for marlin in the Galveston bay [4.1].

• A member of a House Government Oversight Committee who has access to background information on staffers [1.9].
• He held a press conference and claimed that one in three White House staffers has used drugs on a regular basis [1.9].
• Josh Lyman dismissed him as "a featherweight" and "a hairdo" [1.9].

• He is opposed to campaign finance reform [1.20].

• A member of a Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary subcommittee who favors funding the administration's lawsuit against Big Tobacco [2.21].

• Mitchell, along with Connelly and Haffley, form what Josh refers to as the unholy trinity [5.1].
• Toby and Josh think he may be a candidate to replace Walken as Speaker of the House [5.1].

• He has a relative who has been arrested for drugs and gotten off easy. He was warned by Leo McGarry not to challenge the president's new drug strategy [1.20].

Rick Pintero [3.21]

• Met with Josh about the "Working Toward Independence Act." He told Josh that he could get the votes needed to pass the bill if the bill included $300 million in marriage incentives [3.21].
• Donna calls him "Congressman Pimento."

• A member of the Government Oversight Committee [3.9]. Leo thinks his line of questioning is "a little snotty," so he pretends to confer with Jordan in order to make Rathburn wait.

• The leader of the Congressional Black Caucus and a firm supporter of gun control[1.4].
• He voted against the president's gun control bill (H.R. 804), despite Leo McGarry's urging, because it was not strong enough [1.4].
• When Leo tried to tell him how to be a leader of black men, Richardson said that made Leo "look like an idiot" [1.4].
• Richardson represents Brooklyn, New York, and is Toby's Congressman [4.19].
• When Bartlet's interventionist foreign policy doctrine went into effect, Richardson proposed reinstating the draft to start a debate over low-income kids dying in disproportionately large numbers.  Memorably stated his position thusly:  "It is in the best interests of working class Americans -- black, Latino, and, yes, even white -- to be able to choose between more than a McDonald's uniform or a Marine uniform... I think the kids in my district are going to live longer if their fortunes are tied a little more closely to the fortunes of the kids in Josh Lyman's district."  [4.19]

• She is on the Ways and Means Committee [1.17].
• She attempted to attach an amendment restricting child labor to a trade bill the White House was supporting, but the first lady talked her out of it. In exchange, the president will support Reeseman if she runs for the Senate [1.17].

• He is opposed to campaign finance reform [1.20].

• The ranking minority member of a Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary subcommittee who favors funding the administration's lawsuit against Big Tobacco [2.21].

• He is opposed to campaign finance reform [1.20].
• Republican vying for the presidential nomination in 2002 [3.2].

• A member of a Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary subcommittee who opposes funding the administration's lawsuit against Big Tobacco [2.21].
• He is a a former U.S. attorney from a non-Southern state [2.21].

Robert Royce (R-PA)

• A moderate Republican who agreed not to vote against Bartlet's veto of the "death tax" [3.4].
• Royce played second fiddle to Haffley during the fall, 2003 budget negotiations -- Royce advocated compromise [5.8]. 

• A former congressman who succumbed to pneumonia; he is survived by his wife, four children, and eight grandchildren [2.3].
• Seymour Worthen was expected to run for his vacated seat, but dropped out; Tom Jordan ran for, and lost, Samuel's seat in the House [2.3].

• A member of the Armed Services Committee who is opposed to gays serving in the military [1.19].

• Democrat who was displeased to see weak Republican Mike Landis working with Josh Lyman  [4.19].

• He is the deputy House majority whip [2.13].
• Shallick railed against the president's tactics on the minimum wage hike at the press conference after the leadership breakfast [2.11].He appeared on Capital Beat after the State of the Union to debate gun control with Toby Ziegler [2.13].

Notable Quotes

"The President is a gifted public speaker; we've always known that, and it's an admirable talent, not unlike juggling." [2.13]

• Democrat who was displeased to see weak Republican Mike Landis working with Josh Lyman  [4.19].

• A member of the Government Oversight Committee [3.9].

Matt Skinner (R)

• A member of the Commerce Committee opposed to statistical sampling in the census [1.5].
• He is gay, but he supports the Marriage Recognition Act, which would prohibit gay marriage [2.7].

• The representative from Honolulu, who helped on the agriculture bill [4.9]. 

• A member of a Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary subcommittee who favors funding the administration's lawsuit against Big Tobacco [2.21].

• He is opposed to campaign finance reform [1.20].

• He has a relative who has been arrested for drugs and gotten off easy. He was warned by Leo McGarry not to challenge the president's new drug strategy [1.20].

• He always takes photo ops with Amy Gardner, but he never runs them in his congressional newsletter. Josh describes him as a "power-dater." In January 2002, he proposed to Amy Gardner, who turned him down [3.12].

• He was the co-sponsor of the welfare reform bill. He offered the Bartlet administration five votes if they agreed to meet with Ritchie [3.22].

• He threatened to vote against the gun control bill (H.R. 804) but Vice President Hoynes changed his mind [1.4].

• He is opposed to campaign finance reform [1.20].

• A moderate Democrat, he meets with Sam to discuss promoting bipartisan feeling after Bartlet insults Governor Ritchie's intelligence [3.16].

• A member of a Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary subcommittee who opposes funding the administration's lawsuit against Big Tobacco [2.21].
• He is a a former U.S. attorney from a non-Southern state [2.21].

• A freshman congressman who is an old friend of Josh Lyman's, who was responsible for getting him elected to Congress [1.4].
• He threatened to vote against the gun control bill (H.R. 804), but Josh changed his mind [1.4].

• A former member of the Commerce Committee who passed away [1.6].
• She was married to Joe Willis [1.6].

• Widower of Rep. Janice Willis and an 8th grade social studies teacher. Went to work at a young age and attended night school. Upon his wife's death, he assumed her seat in the House [1.6].

• Committee chairman who was called a racist by the HUD Secretary [1.15].

Andrea Wyatt (D-Maryland)

• A ranking member of the Ethics Committee [1.20].
• She used to be married to Toby Ziegler, and according to President Bartlet, Wyatt wears the pants in the Ziegler family [1.20].  Andy and Toby wanted kids, but were unsuccessful at conceiving during their marriage, even under the care of various fertility specialists.  During the re-election campaign, Andy is pregnant with Toby's twins [4.5].   Despite his bold, romantic gesture buying her dream house, Andy refuses to remarry Toby because he's too sad.  He brings the sadness home with him, and she's learned that she can't change that part of him [4.22].
• On May 7, 2003, Andy gave birth to twins rather unexpectedly, and ten days before she could pick any day to induce labor.  She named Huck for her grandfather (Toby figures she didn't feel life presented enough challenges on its own), and she and Toby named Molly for the Secret Service Agent who died during Zoey Bartlet's abduction [4.23].
• Andy is being sued by Laurie Milton and Citizens for Full Disclosure for running with an undisclosed "disability" [4.11].
• She is strongly opposed to mandatory minimums in drug sentencing [1.20], and made a special trip to the White House to reprimand Toby for using racist language in a speech [3.13].
• She went out on a date with Victor Stipe [1.20].
• Andy is the third-ranking member on the House International Relations Committee [3.13].
• Andy represents the Maryland Fifth district, and was reelected with 85% of the votes [4.08].

Notable Quotes

"Oh, how I miss patronizing, sexist Toby." [2.15]

"I said 'Under no circumstances' to marrying you again." [4.5]

• Owned Andy's dream house, which Toby bought in a bold, romantic gesture [4.22].

• Works for a Republican Senator from Colorado that voted against the foreign aid bill [4.12].

Clifford Calley Majority Counsel

• Republican lawyer with whom Ainsley set Donna up [3.3]. They dated on October 4 and 5, 2001, and while he was in her apartment, he saw her diary [3.5].
• He believes that Republicans who make personal attacks to win are what's killing the Republican Party [3.9].

Notable Quotes

"This is bush league.  This is why good people hate us." [3.9]

• Aide in Seth Gillette's Office [2.14].

• Aide to Senator Hardin [4.12]

• A 19-year-old intern at the GAO who has read all the reports filed in her office. She claims she likes to read and they let her come early and stay late [2.17].
• Sam told her to call him when she's looking for a job [2.17].
• When Sam asked if he could call her Winnie, she said, "Not unless you want me to spit at you." [2.17]

• Aide to Senator Hardin [4.12]

Mr. Koveleski Clerk of the House [3.4]

Steve Onorato

• A member of the Senate majority leader's staff [1.19].
• He tried to practice on Sam's credulous simplicity with regard to Bartlet's nominees to the FEC [1.19].

Ann Stark

• She is the Senate majority leader's chief of staff [2.11].
• Toby Ziegler knows her "a little"; ten years ago they used to talk about health care and the minimum wage over bourbons [2.11].

Notable Quotes

"Do you not remember that I am the same person who brought you a can of syrup?"[2.11]

"Toby, what have I done to make you think I’m scared of you?" [2.11]

• Glen Allen Walken's chief aide, Steve clashed with Josh and the other Bartlet staffers after Walken assumed power as the Acting President [5.2].

• She spoke to Toby on behalf of the Appropriations Committee about the National Endowment for the Arts [3.6]. We assume she's a staff member and not and actual Congressperson, because the chances of a woman named Tawny being elected to Congress are slim to none.

• Republican staffer who dislikes the politicization of the appointment process and thinks that maybe appointing federal judges by presidential decree would be a better way to go [5.16]. 

• Josh describes her as "a little tough to warm up." She met with Sam about changing the poverty definition and didn't want to be addressed as "Bernie" [3.7].

Tabatha Fortis United States Poet Laureate [3.16]

• Tabatha thinks that Toby's cute and she loves the way he writes. She likes crossing things off lists -- she finds it very satisfying. She wanted to speak out against the Bartlet administration's position on land mines because, while boating on the Sava River, she watched a little boy get blown up by a land mine [3.16].