House of Cards (TV Series)

Chapter 48 (2016)

Linda Atkinson: Madam Secretary

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Madam Secretary : Kentucky, you have 53 votes. How do you cast them?

  Senator : Madam Secretary, as a senator for the great Commonwealth of Kentucky, I'm proud to speak on behalf of the delegation's chair. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, home of the Derby, the Wildcats, and the birthplace of bourbon, for Vice President of the United States, casts 13 votes for Secretary of State Catherine Durant 11 for Senator Joseph Baker of Nevada, nine for Governor Randall Smith of West Virginia, seven apiece for Governor Jill Haley of Florida and Congresswoman Sharon Pierce of California, five for one of our own, the Mayor of Louisville, Jill Carson and one vote for the First Lady of these United States, Mrs. Claire Underwood.

  [crowd cheers]