Factions & Groups
17 entries in the The West Wing compendium.
The White House Press CorpsThe sharpest questions in the building, asked by the people the staff can't quite silence.The President's CabinetThe men and women in the big room who answer to the man in the small one.The West Wing StaffSix people, one oval office, and the impossible weight of what a nation expects them to fiThe Republican Congressional CaucusThe other side of the aisle where every yes becomes a no and every bill becomes a battle.The Bartlet AdministrationIdealists in a bullpen, running the world one all-nighter at a time.The Sorkin Writers' RoomWhere a hundred political arguments a minute were drafted, argued, and polished into televThe National Security CouncilThe machinery that remembers what the President would rather forget.The Congressional Democratic CaucusWhere the President's dream meets the arithmetic of votes, and the party argues with itselThe United States House of RepresentativesWhere three hundred and something individual votes decide whether the President's dream beThe Central Intelligence AgencyThe agency that whispers in the dark so the President can decide in the light.The House of RepresentativesFour hundred thirty-five seats, one agenda, and a White House that never stops knocking.The White House Situation RoomWhere the coffee goes cold and the world holds its breath waiting for the President to speThe Congressional Black CaucusOne seat at the table is a courtesy; a bloc is a power.The SenateWhere the President's grand vision meets the patient, personal politics of one hundred indThe White House Correspondents' AssociationThe only audience the President can't silence, and the only one he can't ignore.The Executive Office of the PresidentThe people who keep the President alive, the policy moving, and the press at bay—usually aThe White House Press OfficeWhere the President's truth meets the press corps' appetite, and nobody gets a clean answe
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