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Title The Stackhouse Filibuster
Episode Number 217
Original Airdate March 14, 2001
Story by Peter McCabe
Teleplay by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Bryan Gordon

Episode Summary
(From NBC) The President's staff waits impatiently for an elderly but stubborn Senator (George Coe) to yield the floor as he stages a marathon filibuster hoping to stave off a vote on Bartlet's Family Wellness Act bill while Toby is leery of the Vice President's (Tim Matheson) sudden interest in supporting another bill tightening fuel-emission standards. Elsewhere: CJ anxiously paws through her memory as she seeks to locate a missing ceramic cat statue given to the President by a Mideastern potentate who expects to see it displayed during his upcoming visit; Josh strains to finish business in time to catch a flight for a weekend visit to the spring-training camp of the New York Mets in Florida.