 Returning from the alternate reality with information on a possible Goa uld invasion, Daniel Jackson and the rest of the SG-1 team are faced with a more immediate attack. Senator Kinsey, the powerful chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is determined to cut off the billions being spent on the SGC and, thus, shut down the program. The team and General Hammond review past missions with Kinsey and Air Force officer Lt. Col. Samuels in a desperate attempt to stop the program from being shut down. But not even Daniel s information can change Kinsey s mind.