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After a cheerleader is injured at a competitive meet due to unsafe conditions, the Team endeavors to bring down the athletics company that runs the meet. Unfortunately because they're the only game in town, they basically make the rules. So to change the rules, they have to go to the very top.

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After a cheerleader is injured at a competitive meet due to unsafe conditions, the Team endeavors to bring down the athletics company that runs the meet. Unfortunately because they're the only game in town, they basically make the rules. So to change the rules, they have the Team has to go to the very top.



* VillainOfAnotherStory: John Zahn, a Congressman who is willing to take bribes for his vote, seems like the kind of guy who would be the mark of most episodes. However, his willingness to sell himself [[ComicallySmallBribe ridiculously cheap]] cause the team to make use of his services and win him over to their side instead of taking him him down. Instead, a lot of conflict comes from trying to influence his more honest colleagues (a SlaveToPR and a pair of reasonable yet cynical career politicians) to oppose the villains at the voting table.

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* VillainOfAnotherStory: John Zahn, a Congressman who is willing to take bribes for his vote, seems like the kind of guy who would be the mark of most episodes. However, his willingness to sell himself [[ComicallySmallBribe ridiculously cheap]] cause the team to make use of his services and win him over to their side instead of taking him him down. Instead, a lot of conflict comes from trying to influence his more honest colleagues (a SlaveToPR and a pair of reasonable yet cynical career politicians) to oppose the villains at the voting table.
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* GoodCopBadCop: Nate and Parker take these roles respectively when grilling another cheerleader on where Madison is.
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* VillainOfAnotherStory: John Zahn, a Congressman who is willing to take bribes for his vote, seems like the kind of guy who would be the mark of most episodes. However, his willingness to sell himself [[ComicallySmallBribe ridiculously cheap]] cause the team to make use of his services and win him over to their side instead of taking him him down. Instead, a lot of conflict comes from trying to influence his more honest colleagues (a SlaveToPR and a pair of reasonable yet cynical career politicians) to oppose the villains at the voting table.
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* ChainOfDeals: trying to get Congressman Caballo's support on the Bill somehow leads to Sophie brokering an arms deal in the Middle East...and having a fort named after her.

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* ChainOfDeals: trying Trying to get Congressman Caballo's support on the Bill somehow leads to Sophie brokering an arms deal in the Middle East...and having a fort named after her.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: Legrange is a career Washington Insider who's perfectly content with his position. He won't accept any offers of money or power; all he wants is to remain where he is and not make any waves. He literally says, "I've worked too hard to be the biggest fish in my particular small pond." The only thing he fears is bad publicity, which is the only way the Team gets to him. The mere hint of word getting out that he might have ''accidentally'' accepted a bribe from Baran is enough to get him to change his tune on HR-505.

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* NormalFishInATinyPond: Legrange is a career Washington Insider who's perfectly content with his position. He won't accept rejects any offers of money or power; all he wants is to remain where he is and not make any waves. He literally says, "I've worked too hard to be the biggest fish in my particular small pond." The only thing he fears is bad publicity, which is the only way the Team gets to him. The mere hint of word getting out that he might have ''accidentally'' accepted a bribe from Baran is enough to get him to change his tune on HR-505.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The main obstacle the Team has to bringing down PEP Athletics is the fact that they run the entire competitive cheer industry through a number of affiliations and shell corporations, which means they can essentially write their own rules. So the only thing they can do is get a bill passed that redefines the entire competitive cheer industry.

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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The main obstacle the Team has to bringing down PEP Athletics is the fact that they run the entire competitive cheer industry through a number of affiliations and shell corporations, which means they can essentially write their own rules. So the only thing they can do is get a bill passed that redefines what cheerleading is at the entire competitive cheer industry.basic level.

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