The American President (1995): Crime Bill Planning

The clip crime bill planning from The American President (1995) with Michael Douglas, Martin Sheen

Excuse me. Good morning, Mr. President.
Are you all right?
They keep moving that big ficus plant.
We're all here, Mr. President.
First of all, I wanted to say congratulations.
Three years ago, we were elected by one of the narrowest margins in history...
and today, Kodak tells us...
63% of registered voters think we're doing a good job.
Wait a second. You wanted me to poll registered voters?
The poll also tells us what we already know.
If we don't get our crime bill through Congress...
those numbers are gonna be a memory.
So starting today, we're shifting it into gear.
Can I tell my morning press gaggle that gun control-
"Crime control," Robin. "Gun control" means we're soft on crime.
Well, hang on. Are we not putting back the handgun restrictions?
No, we're leaving them out.
Mr. President, we campaigned on this issue.
We took them out when we were in the 40s, but we could push it through now.
After the elections, Lewis.
We may never have an opportunity like this again.
Sir, let's take this 63% out for a spin. Let's see what it could do.
We can't take it out for a spin. We need it to get reelected.
For reasons I don't understand, people do not relate guns to gun-related crime.
Robin, you can brief the press this afternoon.
As of today, the crime bill is priority one on the president's domestic agenda.
Got it.
Leon, you're gonna run the war room.
We'll need projections for all the target districts by the end of the week.
Oh, and don't be the sweet, nice guy from Brooklyn on this one.
Do what the N.R.A. does.
Scare the shit out of them?
Exactly.
I can do that.
We want you to be legislative liaison. You're gonna run the show on the Hill.
Can I just say, to return to the subject for one moment...
that it might be easier to fight drugs if we weren't arming drug dealers?
We gotta fight the fights we can win, Lewis.
Yes, sir.
We want to announce the crime bill...
at the State of the Union, which is 72 days from today.
Last count put us 18 votes short.
Eighteen votes in 72 days. Thank you, everyone.
What's next?
Security briefing, sir.

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