american tax collector

Chapter 336: Congressional Battle
The next morning, with everything ready, Langman immediately instructed his secretary to post a proposal to abolish the black tax bill on the social platform Facebook.

Afterwards, other Masonic members, or members who had been won over, also followed suit.

This sudden news quickly topped Facebook's trending search list and even began to spread to other social platforms.

Such big news, even though the three major media had been "conquered" by David, they naturally did not dare to play dead in order to save their jobs, and they also got involved in reporting the news one by one.

"Oh my god? Why are we going to repeal the black tax bill again?"

"According to Senator Longman, he has been investigating the black tax law for several months and has found major irregularities in this law. Is this true or false?"

"The congressmen from Pips said the same thing last time, but what happened later? They just died down. In my opinion, Senator Longman is just trying to gain attention before the midterm elections!"

"Support Senator Longman to repeal the black tax bill!"

"support……"

For a time, people all over the Internet started a heated discussion about this.

As for those lawless elements, when they saw that after the congressmen like Pepys, someone else stood up to save their interests, they naturally began to increase their momentum in various ways.

IRS, the tax inspection department.

After a week, David has become thoroughly familiar with the department's operating procedures and has stabilized his position.

At this moment, there was a knock on the office door, and then Simmons pushed the door open and walked in, saying anxiously, "Oh no, Boss, turn on the TV and watch CBS right now!"

"Oh?"

With a little curiosity, David quickly followed his instructions and opened the TV station on the computer.

"Behind us now is the Capitol. In addition to what we have seen on social media, Senator Langman has just explained to us that he has been paying attention to the IRS's black tax bill for a long time. According to his investigation, since the black tax bill was passed, the IRS's power based on this bill has lost its supervisory power, and there have been illegal and violent taxation, which has seriously infringed on the rights of citizens."

"According to him, he and his colleagues have submitted a proposal to Congress to repeal the black tax bill. I think the main task of Congress today must be to discuss this. For more details, please continue to pay attention to this TV station to bring you..."

A reporter was reporting on TV.

Although I didn't see what happened earlier, it's not difficult to guess what happened based on the reporter's remarks.

Some congressmen, and more than one, stood up and once again impeached their IRS's black tax bill!

But this time, it’s different from the previous congressmen in Pepys.

The person being impeached this time is a senator from the Senate, and the senator named Langman has actually already submitted the proposal to Congress. This shows that he is clearly well prepared!

"Cuckoo..."

While I was thinking, there was a knock on the door. It was Keppel, who David brought from Los Angeles, who came in. She said, "Inspector General, Director Obadiah wants you to go to the conference room."

The higher-ups at the General Administration had obviously received the news, and David nodded and stood up.

While the IRS was holding a meeting, a fierce argument broke out in the Capitol.

"Langman, this is a matter for our House of Representatives. I'm afraid it's not your turn as the Senate to take the lead and interfere, right?"

"Whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate, the essence of the work is actually the same. I just insist on expressing my own political views."

"Haha, what you said sounds nice. Repealing the black tax bill is of great importance. If it fails, you can just pat your butt and run back to the Senate, but what if David takes his anger out on the House of Representatives?"

"Failure? Do you think we are like those insignificant guys like Pips? Let me tell you, I dare to do this because I am absolutely sure!"

"you……"

The two people who were confronting each other were naturally Senate member Longman, and the other was House Whip Josh, whom David had met once.

Josh knew how powerful David was, and as the whip of the House of Representatives, he had to be responsible for his own House, so he did not want to get involved in disputes such as the abolition of the black tax bill and cause huge trouble.

However, he also knew that Langman was a Freemason. The reason why he dared to do this was probably because he had won over the majority of the members of their House of Representatives. His opposition was probably a bit weak.
"Josh, it's okay if you don't support us, but it's best not to stop us. After all, the midterm elections are coming soon. I think it's better for you to focus on your re-election!"

Hearing this, Josh's face suddenly turned red.

Although the other party seemed to be admonishing him, how could he not hear the threat in his words?

The Freemasons may not be able to get him re-elected, but if they want to do something bad to prevent him from being re-elected, there is a good chance that they will succeed.

After thinking it over, Josh still couldn't swallow this breath. He said viciously: "I can not obstruct the passage of the proposal, but before deliberation, a hearing must be held first. Otherwise, you can forget about passing the deliberation to the voting stage!"

In America.

The so-called hearing system is a system that effectively protects social public interests and citizens' private rights and makes compromise the "lubricant" of society.

On the one hand, it participates in social public affairs by absorbing the interests and will of all parties, making public decision-making and social governance more standardized and reasonable.

on the other hand.

It is a system that can ease social contradictions, reduce social conflicts, maintain social stability, coordinate the forces of all parties, and promote the diversification and democratization of social public activities.

The operating rules are also very simple.

In the American legislative process.

A bill can be submitted to Congress or local legislatures for deliberation only after it has been reviewed and agreed to by the committees of Congress or local legislatures and the executive branch of the United States.

Therefore, legislative hearings are held by congressional committees or by the executive branch of the United States.

Once the relevant departments agree to hold a hearing, they will announce the time, place, agenda and rules of the public hearing to the media, arrange the participants in the hearing, and prepare various related materials.

A quorum is required for a hearing to be held.

In addition, at the hearing, the chief representative of the hearing will first make a public statement to introduce the purpose, theme, significance, etc. of the hearing.

After that, the hearing personnel will be introduced and sworn in. When the hearing personnel state their own opinions, they can only make a summary speech. They will answer questions from the hearing committee for a set time of 5 minutes.

Often, after all hearing participants have made their statements, the hearing committee will ask questions to the summoned hearing participants.

The entire hearing process must be made public through news media such as radio, television, and the Internet, unless the content of the hearing involves confidential issues such as national security.

Generally speaking, if a bill wants to be repealed or legislated, it must go through the proposal and deliberation of the House of Representatives before it can be voted on. However, if the proposal is passed but fails to pass the deliberation in the end, especially if it is a bill with too much influence like the repeal of the black tax bill, it will be a big blow to the House of Representatives.

After the review is passed, a hearing will be held first. We can first look at the results of the hearing and then judge whether to proceed to the next stage based on the form.

If the hearing is beneficial to the repeal of the black tax bill, then it can naturally enter the review and even voting stage directly.

If it is unfavorable, it can be canceled directly, which will also save the House of Representatives from greater aftermath.

Langman frowned.

Although he thought he had enough votes to repeal the black tax bill, Josh was the House Whip after all and was in charge of disciplinary issues for all members of the House.

If we really get into a fight with him, it would be bad if this guy secretly trips us up at the critical moment.

"Well, since Whip Josh said that we need to hold a hearing, then we will hold it. However, regarding the personnel aspect of the hearing... I think we should handle it. Is that ok?"

Langman finally compromised.

Because he thought about it carefully, holding a hearing first was not entirely a bad thing. At least as long as they achieved an overwhelming victory in the hearing, it might make some swing congressmen decide to get involved.

"Okay, I agree to this!"

……

IRS, conference room.

While Obadiah, David and other senior executives were still discussing countermeasures, an assistant of Obadiah came in, whispered a few words to him, and immediately turned on the large-screen TV.

The scene on TV at this time was the Congress Hall. Soon, a spokesman for the Congress walked under the spotlight and said, "Hello everyone, I am Peter, the spokesman of the House of Representatives. After the discussion of this House, the proposal to repeal the black tax bill has been approved by this House. We will hold a hearing in two days. At that time, the representatives of the Internal Revenue Service will come to make a statement, and then decide whether to enter the review or even voting stage..."

After listening to the spokesperson's words, everyone present fell into a state of thought.

They had previously thought that since the Freemasons had been planning this for so long, they would definitely bring the abolition of this bill to the stage of deliberation right from the start.

But surprisingly, after the proposal was passed, a hearing had to be held first.

But then again, this so-called hearing can actually be regarded as an advance "trial" of the IRS.

As long as the IRS cannot withstand the offensive of the hearing members at this hearing, it will be in a very passive situation.

The impeachment process will immediately enter the congressional review and voting stage.

By then, it will become much easier to repeal the black tax bill!

"The Freemasons are eager to crush us right from the start and definitely don't want to drag it out like this. So I think this hearing must have been proposed by some bigwigs in the House of Representatives who were afraid of being affected."

"Well, Donald, you have a point, but this is not a good thing for us."

Obadiah expressed his agreement, then looked at David and asked, "Inspector General David, what do you think?"

"I'll go make some arrangements first."

David had been preparing for the bill review, but the sudden hearing disrupted his rhythm.

Fortunately, there are still two days to prepare, and it should be possible to settle it as long as we put in some effort.

After returning to his office, David immediately took out his cell phone and dialed Elvis' number, saying, "Deputy Director Elvis, you should know that some members of Congress want to repeal our black tax bill, right?"

"Just got some news. How's it going, Inspector General David?"

"I want you to help me find out who will be attending the hearing. This shouldn't be difficult for you CIA, right?"

The hearings are different from the Committee to Repeal the Black Tax Bill.

The members of the hearing are selected by the House of Representatives itself, so he must find out who will be attending so that he can make targeted decisions.

"It's not that difficult, okay, I'll help you check it out!"

"That has to be quick, you know I don't have that much time."

"understood……"

After hanging up the phone, David called Gavin at the FBI to be on the safe side. As for the content, he asked the other party to use the FBI channels to get a list of people attending the hearing for him.

Considering that Gavin had become the center of attention due to the News Corporation incident, he naturally agreed to this request.

With the investigation of these two major institutions, David felt relieved. However, he did not plan to sit idle, so he called Bucky, Nison and Simmons in and asked them to find out the news.

The next day, David had just arrived at the office when he received the news that Elvis had arrived. He immediately had him brought to the office.

"Hey, Chief Inspector David, I happened to be busy with official business and couldn't go to your promotion celebration dinner last time. You won't blame me, right?"

As soon as he entered the door, Elvis smiled.

"Why would I bother about such a small matter? Besides, I was actually a bit embarrassed at that dinner party."

"Oh, those Angus always think of themselves as the masters of America. They are not easy to serve..."

As the CIA's intelligence chief, Elvis dared to know what happened at the dinner, and he showed a hint of helplessness.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. You came to see me so early in the morning. Have you made any progress on the thing I asked you to do?"

Elvis took out a folded paper from his inner pocket and placed it in front of David, saying, "Actually, you don't have to bother those FBI guys. After all, this kind of thing is our forte!"

There was a hint of pride in his tone.

David narrowed his eyes and said, "You know all this?"

"Don't misunderstand Inspector General David. I don't dare to eavesdrop or monitor you. It's just that when we are investigating, it is inevitable that we will find some similarities."

Elvis was afraid that David would misunderstand, so he quickly put away his smile and explained.

David stopped talking nonsense, picked up the paper and started reading it.

(End of this chapter)