Chapter 383 The Work of the Senate
The Internal Revenue Service is here.
The matters in the House of Representatives had been settled. After everyone calmed down, Obadiah sent everyone else away, leaving only David and Donald in the conference room.
"David, if this continues, even if we can pass both houses, it will be difficult to get two-thirds of the votes of members. This is something that needs to be considered now. Do you have any plans for this? "
As I said before, David has been working hard day and night on this bill.
Therefore, it was hard for the two of them to ask too many questions, and they didn't know what the rest of David's plans were.
But now, since the bill has passed the House of Representatives, the two of them must know more about it.
“It is not necessary to obtain two-thirds of the votes of members...”
“If you do not obtain the votes of two-thirds of members, then you have to allow the president to sign honestly, but then If the three major groups exert pressure, the White House may not be able to withstand it..."
Obadiah was about to continue, but suddenly he seemed to think of something. He paused first, and then continued. The first question asked: "Do you mean to say that you are going to do something to the President?"
He had actually made this guess before, but now that he saw David looking like this, he was even more convinced.
"That depends on him!"
David did not have a clear answer, but Obadiah and Donald understood it.
It seems that David really has this plan.
But the president has judicial immunity. If it comes to that point and we have no choice but to take action against him, we will have no choice but to initiate impeachment proceedings.
The one who can be impeached is the president!
The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the world. It can even be said that there is no need to add one!
If we really impeach him, you can imagine how big a sensation there will be!
But having said that, at this point, if you want this bill to pass, you really have to do this.
After all, it is too difficult to obtain two-thirds of the votes of members.
"Okay, you can handle this matter. Anyway, you know, no matter what you do, we will fully support you!"
Obadiah also knows very well that this bill The reason why it has reached this point and even passed the House of Representatives was all created by David himself.
So even if David wanted to do something as big as impeachment of the president, they could only continue to support him.
Because at this point, it is no longer a question of whether the bill can be passed, because if it fails, they will inevitably be liquidated by the entire American capitalists.
Only by trying their best to successfully legislate this bill, can they keep the status of the IRS from being shaken!
Therefore, before they make a decision to launch this bill, there is no way out. Either it succeeds and the IRS's influence will rise to an unprecedented level, or it fails and the IRS faces reduced power!
Other than that, there is no third way.
“I understand, Director!”
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After passing the House of Representatives, according to procedures, the remote tax avoidance bill will need 5 to 7 days of review before it can be launched in the Senate. vote.
Therefore, during this period, it will be a key point for the three major groups and the IRS.
In view of the defeat in the House of Representatives, the three major groups have certainly made a lot of arrangements for the next step.
All of them know very well that the next few days will be the top priority, and everyone must go all out in order to win more votes from the senators.
Of course, if you want to win more votes from senators, spending money is essential.
After the call from the top management of the three major groups, they finally decided to allocate another 10 billion US dollars for the operation of all parties in these three days.
The three major groups are making arrangements in full swing, and David will naturally not be idle.
He first notified Elvis and Gavin, asking them to monitor all senators to see which ones showed signs of swaying or betraying during this period. Report him.
In addition, he contacted the three major families in Texas and some families with influence on the Senate from other states to come to Washington for negotiations.
The meeting place this time was still the George Kimpton Hotel where the dinner was held last night.
At seven o'clock in the evening the next day.
The lights were brightly lit in the George Kimpton Hotel, but except for security personnel and waiters, there was no one else in sight.
Of course this was arranged by David. For such an important meeting, it was natural to clear the place.
Soon, a car came to the door of the hotel.
The car door opened, and Bessemer, who came from Texas, got out of the car first, followed closely by Charlie and Gotha.
Next, some families from other states and the senator himself also came to the scene, and many people also greeted each other and talked.
But soon after, as Elvis and his party arrived, everyone stopped talking and looked at him.
By now, everyone already knows that this CIA intelligence chief is David's horse boy.
For such people to be present, this will naturally make the people present a little wary and afraid of being targeted.
"Humph, I didn't expect David to actually call the spy leader here. Is this a warning to us?"
Here, Ivan was invited. A man next to Ka muttered with a slightly dissatisfied tone.
He is Ivanka's husband, Japheid Torrezon.
Currently serving as the CEO of New York Real Estate in Ivanka’s family.
“This David, we agreed to hold a meeting at seven o’clock in the evening, but now it’s almost half past seven, and there’s still no one around!”
“Shut up!”
Ivanka on the side couldn't hold back her anger, and even looked at Japheid with scolding eyes.
Being yelled at, Japheid seemed a little aggrieved and replied: "I'm just saying it..."
"You can't say it on such an occasion, it will cause trouble for our family. !”
Ivanka was a little annoyed and glanced at Elvis who was not far away.
Seeing this posture, Japheid also realized that he had indeed said the wrong thing.
The CIA is already pervasive, not to mention that the person in charge of the intelligence department is still here, so you dare to say such complaining words in public, aren't you asking for trouble!
And even though it was just a word of complaint, if it fell into the ears of a person like David who was determined to retaliate, it might cause some trouble!
While the two were still whispering, many people from various major families in the hotel lobby began to look at their watches, and some even showed a hint of impatience.
But because Elvis, the intelligence chief, was here, no one dared to publicly express dissatisfaction like Jafed did before.
Finally, after another ten minutes, David's figure finally appeared.
“Sorry, I have to deal with some official business at the moment, so I kept everyone waiting.”
David didn't really want to leave these people alone. Just now, he received calls from several senators, saying that the three major groups had begun lobbying these people. It took some time to make targeted arrangements, which led to the delay.
“No problem Inspector General David, we haven’t met each other for a long time, and we just have time to catch up on old times.”
As David’s firm supporter However, Sean, who had been there a long time ago, was also very knowledgeable and could resolve the embarrassment between the two parties with just one sentence.
"By the way, Inspector General David, let me introduce you to you. This is my uncle Roland. This is..."
Although families like Charlie, Bessemer, and Gotha had no choice but to reach an agreement with David, they were not necessarily optimistic about the success of this bill.
What I didn’t expect was that after yesterday’s round of voting, it actually passed.
Although it only passed the House of Representatives, everyone could witness David’s strength from a peek.
So after being invited here this time, major families sent their heavyweights one after another to see if they could gain more benefits after the bill was passed in the future.
After talking to these people, David scanned the field with his eyes. Then he left a word of excuse me and came to Ivanka, whose eyes were locked, and smiled. Said: "Ms. Ivanka, you are well."
When traveling across the states, David accidentally bumped into Ivanka once, and then he had the idea of pulling her into the water.
After all, the family behind the other party is the family of the former president. Although it suffered a lot of suppression after stepping down, its power is still not small.
"Thanks to you, Inspector General David, everything is fine."
Ivanka also replied with a smile that did not lose her grace.
"Really, that's good, but then again, I invited your father to come with me tonight...so where are the others?"
"I'm sorry Inspector General David, my father is currently in Great Britain to talk about something and really can't get away, so he asked me to be the representative."
Hearing this, David narrowed his eyes slightly.
He has expressed his intention to meet the former president more than once, but the other party always finds various reasons to shirk it.
Originally, he thought that the smooth passage of the House of Representatives this time showed his strength, and he should be able to impress the other party to meet him.
What I didn’t expect was that the other party still planned to continue to ‘watch the battle’. It seemed that the former president, who seemed to be doing well on the surface, still had a lot on his mind.
Putting away his thoughts, David turned to look at the man next to Ivanka and asked: Is this...?
"Oh, by the way, this is my husband Jafader, who is currently taking over our family's real estate business in New York!"
Ivanka introduced immediately.
"Inspector General David, nice to meet you!"
The so-called shadow of a famous tree, after seeing David, Japheid's body and language changed. He was in awe, as if he was a different person from the one who complained just now.
"Hello, Mr. Jafed, welcome to your arrival tonight."
"Thank you, Inspector General David, for your invitation..."
After a brief greeting, David turned his head. He looked at Ivanka and said: "I have prepared some wine on the terrace on the top floor. If you don't mind, why don't you come and have a seat?"
"Since you invited me, David, Inspector General, then naturally we will There is no reason to refuse."
David nodded, turned to look at Munson, and said, "Tell them to come up."
"Okay."
Soon after, a large group of people led by David came to the top floor, which was operating an open-air restaurant.
However, the restaurant had been tidied up at this time, with only a large round table placed in the middle.
After everyone was seated, several waiters placed glasses in front of everyone one after another, then took out several bottles of champagne and filled each person with half a glass.
David picked up the champagne, looked around at the crowd and said: "This time the off-site tax avoidance bill passed the House of Representatives, everyone here has contributed a lot. Come on, let's have a drink first and have a small celebration!"< br>
Facing David's order, whoever dared to refuse raised their glasses.
But before clinking glasses, Sean added: "Our major families have contributed a lot, but the main reason why this bill can be passed smoothly is of course relying on Inspector General David to come and let Let’s all toast to Inspector General David first!”
“Bang bang bang…”
The sound of the glasses clashing echoed throughout the roof.
After finishing the drink, David motioned for everyone to sit down first, then looked at Elvis and said: "Director Elvis, come and talk to everyone first!"
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"Yes."
Elvis nodded and said: "According to the latest news obtained by our CIA, the three major groups plan to invest tens of billions more for the final lobbying of senators in each state. So next..."
Elvis told him one by one the information he had.
After listening, everyone present looked solemn.
Although the previous money-throwing tactics of the three major groups failed to prevent the bill from passing the House of Representatives, it still had an effect.
For example, the members of the various major families defected during the voting process, which resulted in only 222 votes.
Now the three major groups are repeating their old tricks again and spending tens of billions. With such huge funds, no one can guarantee whether the Senate can replicate the success of the House of Representatives.
“Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to come here today to imitate their spending money. The purpose of bringing you here is very simple. Try to use all means to keep your Senate seat, and don’t let a situation like this in the House of Representatives happen again!”
Before the voting, they counted 239 votes, but after the voting, the final number of votes was only 222.
In other words, at least 17 congressmen are ghosts, which is not a low proportion.
And if this situation still occurs in the next Senate, it will be troublesome.
After all, there are only 100 votes in the Senate, and every vote is crucial. There is no such margin for error in the House of Representatives.
And the Senate and the House of Representatives are somewhat different.
On the surface, the Senate only needs 51 votes in favor to pass.
But in fact, if you want to really pass it, you need at least 51 votes and 9 special votes to pass it.
Why is it said that 9 special votes are needed?
The reason is simple.
When the bill reaches the Senate, if some members do not want the bill to pass, they can use speeches to prevent the bill from being voted on.
Someone may ask here, isn’t it just a speech? How long can you give a speech?
No matter how good your tongue is, if you talk on stage for an hour or two, you are already very good. How can you still talk for a day?
Yes, you can really talk about it for a day!
According to the provisions of Congressional law, before a bill is voted on in the Senate, members who want to block the passage of the bill can give an extremely long speech.
There is no time limit for this super long one.
If you can really talk for a day, then you have the right to talk for a day, and no one has the right to chase you away.
So in the history of America.
After many bills come to the Senate, opposition members will use this method to delay them, which ultimately leads to the abortion of the bill!
(End of this chapter)