Billy Jack Goes to Washington

Billy Jack, Tom Laughlin, is appointed a United States Senator to fill out the remaining term of another senator. It is hoped that he will quietly vote the party line, but his term in the Senate runs into trouble when he proposes a bill to fund a national youth camp on the land where a nuclear power plant is also being proposed. His fellow senator, Sen. Joseph Paine, claims to oppose nuclear power but is secretly taking graft to influence his votes, and moves to try to keep Billy Jack out of the way when the bill is debated.

Seeking to keep Billy out of the Senate on a day when a controversial energy bill is being voted on, Paine suggests he should meet with a grassroots group that day instead. The group is working to pass a national initiative and Billy Jack becomes convinced of their cause.

Billy is invited to meet with a group of lobbyists attempting to offer him bribes and other perks if he will vote their way. Up against a man named Bailey Sam Wanamaker, who wields a powerful influence in his home state, Billy Jack has his political career and reputation at stake if he does not cooperate. Billy responds with anger at their threat.

The next day in the Senate, he tries to speak on the floor in opposition to the nuclear power plant. Paine responds by proposing to expel Billy from the Senate as unfit for office. Billy’s assistant, Jean Roberts Delores Taylor, quits after the murder of a lobbyist, fearing for her own safety, but returns after Billy Jack is about to be expelled from the Senate, to help him learn Senate procedure in order to filibuster. Billy collapses on the Senate floor in the effort, whereupon Paine confesses to his colleagues that every word Billy spoke was the truth.

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 11:18