Chapter 386: Vicious Means
At the same time, the expressions of David and other senior officials in the Internal Revenue Service also darkened.
The situation they least wanted to see happened.
And even if the person leading this speech is an ordinary senator, he is the leader of the majority party in the Senate.
With this guy's prestige in the courtyard, it would be very difficult to knock him down!
At the Senate floor, Grace was still talking endlessly.
It wasn't until the time came to 10.30, and he had been talking for an hour, that he finally stopped talking about the topic.
“Okay, that’s all I’ve said about this bill. Is there any fellow congressman who would like to add something?”
The first half of Grace This sentence made many people at the scene and those watching in the United States breathe a sigh of relief, but the second half of the words made everyone feel excited again.
But whatever you were afraid of came, a voice of self-recommendation immediately broke the silence in the field.
"I want to express some opinions on this bill!"
Hearing this, everyone turned to look, and the cameras of all major media also glanced at the source of the sound.
It turns out that the person who made this voice was none other than Senator Longman who originally called for the repeal of the black tax bill!
“Damn it, it was this Longman who jumped out. This guy had previously advocated the repeal of the black tax bill, and now he definitely doesn’t want this bill to pass the Senate smoothly.”
“Yes. , since he advocates the abolition of the black tax bill, let alone support the remote tax avoidance bill!”
"Trouble..."
Langman is no stranger to the people watching.
But many supporters of the bill were heartbroken that he wanted to take the stage to deliver a speech on the off-site tax avoidance bill.
Because they all know that this guy is one of those who firmly obstructs the passage of the bill!
But they were dissatisfied, and Grace at the scene was different. He smiled slightly, waved and said: "It is our senator's right to give advice on the bill, so please ask Senator Longman to come up and talk about it. Go! ”
"Okay."
Longman adjusted his collar, strolled to the podium, and said: "As Senator Grace said before, this bill..."
“…”
As expected by everyone.
This Langman also used his speech to delay the vote. He talked a lot of nonsense when he came on stage, which took nearly half an hour.
Finally, as a supporter of this bill, Senator Raglan of Florida couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and interrupted: "That's enough!"
This interruption not only This made Longman stop talking and made everyone present and the camera focus on him.
Longman frowned and said sarcastically with some displeasure: "Senator Raglan, do you want to come up and say a few words? Don't be anxious. After I finish speaking, there will be plenty of time for you to talk. Just one day will do!"
"Humph, we are all smart people, so don't waste your time with these tricks!"
Raglen snorted and responded unceremoniously. road.
Just forget it about Grace. After all, he is the leader of the majority party in the Senate, so he still has to give some face.
But who are you, Langman, now?
If I don’t show you the colors, you really think the Senate is your home!
"Senator Raglan, what do you mean by this? Do you want to stop me from continuing to speak? Do you have enough votes?"
Langman replied without any sign of weakness. .
However, Raglan had no intention of continuing to talk nonsense with him. After looking around, he directly raised his right hand.
The meaning of his move is also very obvious, that is, to start voting to terminate the speech session!
The congressmen who supported the bill with him were naturally fed up and raised their right arms in response.
Seeing this posture, Grace, who was the moderator of the Senate today, could not sit still. She stood up and said: "Since Raglan initiated the vote to terminate the speech, the votes will be counted in 5 minutes! ”
“Farke, it’s time to start this voting process”
"If you want to end the speech and delay the vote, you must have the consent of 60 senators. It won't be enough votes..."
"41, 42, 43..."
Seeing that it was finally time to vote to stop this delaying behavior, many people in front of the TV immediately started counting votes.
Not only the viewers in front of the TV, but also the senior officials of the IRS began to count.
But as time went by and the number of votes became clear, their expressions gradually dimmed.
Because it can be clearly seen on the big screen that no matter how you count, there are only 58 senators who raise their hands on the spot, which is not enough votes to terminate the speech process.
In other words, there is no way to prevent opposition members from using their speeches on this bill to discuss delaying the passage of the bill!
“Damn it, David, who are those three senators who didn’t raise their hands?”
Donald couldn’t help but cursed angrily, but after he finished cursing, he asked His eyes fell on David.
“If I read correctly, it’s Nick from Alaska, Roger from Ohio, and Angers!”
"Shet, these three bastards!"
"Fake Squid!"
"..."
After learning the names of these three people, many senior officials The abuse continued.
But after a while, Lahan said thoughtfully: "Currently, only three senators are insiders. In other words, we have confirmed that 58 senators will support the bill. Passed, this is a good thing for us! ”
These words made the others calm down instantly.
That’s true. Although this is not a vote on the off-site tax avoidance bill, it can be seen from the vote on the filibuster speech that they have a great advantage.
It is true that there are only three members who rebelled. In other words, if it really comes to a vote on the bill, their bill will definitely be passed steadily.
But then again, if you want to enter the voting phase on this bill, you must first stop the delay of opposition members' on-stage speeches.
But this requires 60 votes, which seems to be an infinite loop!
"Is there any other way to terminate their speech session?"
Obadiah looked at the other people present with questioning eyes.
“The speech procedure is a power granted to members of the Senate by the Constitution. There is definitely no other way except to get enough votes.” The answer was Vertonghen.
As the chief counsel of the IRS, he is naturally knowledgeable about laws and regulations.
Obadiah frowned, looked at David and said, "David, do you have any other solution for this matter?"
David thought for a while, then shook his head and replied: " Currently, they are all in the Congress. It seems that they can only wait until the end of the day before making plans. "
"Okay, that's all!"
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Senate scene.
"What about Senator Raglan? There are only 58 votes in favor of terminating my speech. According to the law of Congress, this is not enough!"
Seeing that the number of votes was not enough, Longman and other opposition members were instantly proud. got up.
As for Raglan and others, although they were filled with hatred, there was nothing they could do.
Because what they said is indeed correct. According to the law of Congress, if you have less than 60 votes, you will not have the right to directly bypass the speech and enter the voting process.
Of course, it was not just Raglan and other supportive MPs who were furious.
There are also a large group of supporters of this bill, but they can only curse a few words online and have no other options.
In this way, after Longman and other opposition members took turns taking turns, the time came to 1 o'clock noon unknowingly.
At this time, it was finally Grace's turn. He said: "I'm sorry everyone, our congressmen have not finished speaking about some of the opinions on this bill and the areas that need improvement until now. , It’s getting late now, I’m afraid I can only wait until tomorrow to continue!”
Grace’s words, of course, attracted a lot of abuse from those who supported the bill.
But he didn’t know whether he didn’t see it or pretended not to see it. He turned around, packed up his briefcase and left.
Opposition members like Longman also looked at Raglan and others proudly, and then left in a swaggering manner.
"Raglan, this is not the way to go. What should we do tomorrow?"
"Yes, looking at the situation of these guys, they are planning to play this trick to the end. , we have to find a way to bypass this procedure, otherwise the bill will not be passed."
"Don't worry, I'll talk to David, he should have a solution!"
Raglan did not stay too long, quickly walked out of the Capitol, got into his car and headed towards the Internal Revenue Service.
Meanwhile, Senado Island. .
Although it seems that they have won today, in fact the current situation is very dangerous for them.
The reason is simple. Relying on this speech process, we can prevent this bill from entering the voting stage.
But as the saying goes, if it can be delayed for a while, can it be delayed forever?
At that time, under the pressure from all aspects, I am afraid that there will always be a real vote as the result.
Now the situation seems to be gradually clearing up. There are 58 votes supporting the passage of the bill. This is an absolute overwhelming advantage!
If it really comes to the voting stage, judging from this number of votes, everything they have done will be in vain!
"Bang, what are you doing? Didn't you say we have 56 votes? What's going on now!"
Prescott couldn't hold back his anger and directly said A slap hit the table.
Although the others did not question him directly, their eyes were full of coldness.
"This..."
At this time, Joshua's face was also a little bitter, and he hesitated for a long time, unable to say a word.
To be honest, before voting, he had a hunch that a lot of changes would happen with the votes in hand.
I just didn’t expect the change to be so big, with more than 14 votes defecting.
As the person in charge of this, he will definitely take the blame.
"I'm afraid that this filibuster won't be able to block the vote for long. Let's not talk about whether David will use other means. Since such a bill that attracts worldwide attention has come to the Senate, there must be an outcome. "Yes, so do we have any other plans?"
Henrietta also said with a face.
The scene was silent for about a minute, and a man with a hooked nose stood up and said: "Mr. Henrietta, I think there is a way to solve this problem!"
< br>"Then tell me your method, Stanciu!"
The man named Stanciu turned around, took out a stack of documents from the bag he brought, and searched carefully After some deliberation, he finally pulled out more than ten volumes and pushed them in front of Henrietta
Henrietta picked up one of the volumes and glanced at it, then looked at him and said: "These are all information materials for those senators, what are you doing for me?"
"Mr. Henrietta, You also know what David is capable of. What he is best at is weaving dirty information to intimidate the people he wants to deal with."
"Those members of the House of Representatives were like this before, so most of them succumbed. He, and now I believe that many members of the Senate are the same."
"So my plan is... let's just stop doing it!"
Stan. Qiu suddenly became fierce.
"Wait Stanchu, what do you mean by never doing anything else?"
Prescott didn't understand and asked immediately.
“It’s very simple. The most effective way to control these senators and prevent them from betraying them is to pinch their weaknesses. We can directly attack their families. I use threats of force and Or direct detention, in exchange for them voting against it in the chamber, causing the bill to fail!"
At this moment, Stanciu fully showed his ruthless side.
He knew very well that since they could intimidate these congressmen, so could David.
Moreover, David's methods were even worse than theirs.
The previous example of the House of Representatives is there. Although they spent a lot of money and intimidated those members, in the end, David won.
But if his method is followed this time, then those congressmen will never dare to do such a thing as defection again this time!
Because no one is more important than the lives of your family!
Hearing such harsh words, not to mention the ordinary members, even people like Prescott and Joshua who were used to seeing big waves were stunned.
Then they are fucking senators in Congress. Each of them is the top politician in the United States. There may be many presidents among them in the future.
But now this Stanqiu actually proposes to take action against the families of these people in order to coerce their votes?
And even if we attack one or two, at least 9 more votes are needed to get enough votes to abort the off-site tax avoidance bill.
In other words, if word gets out that they are going to take such extreme measures against the nine senators, no matter how powerful they are, the whole country will drown them!
(End of this chapter)