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Aaron Sorkin (creator) and
Mark Goffman (writer)
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19 November 2003 (Season 5, Episode 8)
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President Bartlet refuses to let Speaker of the House Haffley hold him hostage on the budget and allows the government to be shut down. | add synopsis
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Stockard Channing | ... | Abbey Bartlet |
 | Melissa Fitzgerald | ... | Carol |
 | Dulé Hill | ... | Charlie Young |
 | Allison Janney | ... | Claudia Jean 'C.J.' Cregg |
 | Joshua Malina | ... | Will Bailey |
 | Janel Moloney | ... | Donna Moss |
 | Richard Schiff | ... | Toby Ziegler |
 | John Spencer | ... | Leo McGarry |
 | Bradley Whitford | ... | Josh Lyman |
 | Martin Sheen | ... | President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet |
 | Gary Cole | ... | Vice President Bob Russell |
 | Michael Hyatt | ... | Angela Blake |
 | Steven Culp | ... | Speaker of the House Jeff Haffley |
 | Melissa Marsala | ... | Rina |
 | H. Richard Greene | ... | Senator Robert Royce R-PA |
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): A girl on TV Says that her family came to Washington to see her Grandma and the Constitution. "But the Smithsonian's closed. Now we only get to see Grandma." The Constitution is in the National Archives, not the Smithsonian. more
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C.J. Cregg: Okay, but I need some numbers fast... maybe some garlic and a crucifix. more
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