american tax collector

Chapter 377: David the Brave

"Are you sure you can fix this quickly?"

David watched him with interest.

"I have some 'friendship' with the people in the Legislative Committee, I believe it should be fine!"

Josh has served as the whip in the House of Representatives for so many years. If he can't even handle a committee with confidence, then there is no point for him to stay in the job.

"Okay, if you can handle this, I will definitely not treat you unfairly in the future. But you have to be quick. You know that the Freemasons are now spending money like crazy and using various means to win over those congressmen. I don't have much time to drag it out."

If Josh can get this done as soon as possible, it will save him a lot of effort, so he can concentrate on other things!

"No problem, give me a day and I will definitely get it done!"

"Okay, happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

After reaching an agreement and obtaining each other's commitments, both parties shook hands happily.

"Then Chief Inspector David, without further ado, I will go and do this first!"

"Go!"

Qiao Xi didn't say any more nonsense, stood up and left in a swift and decisive manner.

Soon, David and Church were the only ones left at the scene.

"Inspector General David, once Josh has dealt with this, the bill will enter the dialectical and improvement phase. They won't be able to hold us back at this stage, and the bill will be smooth sailing until the voting phase. But what I want to know is, are we really okay with the number of votes now?"

Church had previously assured Josh that he had enough votes, but that was actually just to get the other party to give up his wavering thoughts and come over.

In fact, he was still somewhat worried about the situation of those congressmen.

"According to my staff's statistics, we already have 228 votes. With the vote from Josh, that's 229 votes. But... at the moment, there are many double-dealers involved. When it comes to voting, there will still be some uncertainties."

Church was naturally happy to hear the first half of David's words, but he became secretly worried about the second half.

Logically speaking, controlling 229 votes in the House of Representatives is already a huge advantage.

However, in the voting process of bills in the past, there have been cases where lawmakers who had already been lobbied suddenly changed their minds at the last minute, causing the bill to be aborted.

What's more, the three major Freemasonry groups are now spending huge manpower and financial resources to lobby these congressmen.

And since David has already said that there are quite a few double-dealers among them, it shows that the hidden dangers are indeed not small.

"But don't worry too much. I will try my best to get it done in a few days. I hope that by then there will be fewer people who defect at the last minute. Anyway, as long as I can get 218 votes, it will be fine."

Hearing David's comfort, Church nodded first, then seemed to remember something and asked, "According to the current number of votes, plus Inspector General David's next move, I think there should be no problem passing the House of Representatives vote."

"If everything goes well, there is a high probability that it will be passed by the Senate."

"But my only concern is, when it is presented to the President, will he really sign it?"

His worries are not without reason.

Even though Padden has not made any public statement yet, judging from some information coming out from various sources, he even hopes that this bill will be passed.

However, the three major Freemasonry groups are still very powerful after all. When the bill is really passed by both houses, these three major groups will definitely make a fuss about Paidon.

It’s hard to say whether Paiden can withstand the pressure by then.

"If Padden refuses to sign, then we will have to get two-thirds of the members to agree to the bill before it can be passed. This may be a bit difficult..."

Judging from the current situation, there is a good chance that this bill can pass both the House and the Senate.

However, it might be a bit difficult to win over two-thirds of the members of both houses.

Besides, the three major groups are not Muggles, so how could they allow you to win over so many congressmen?
Church became increasingly worried about this issue. He looked up and looked straight at David, wanting to hear what David thought about this.

Unexpectedly, there was no worry or frown on David's face, only a calm expression.

It was as if he had expected everything.

"It has come to this point. No one can stop the passage of this bill, not even the President. If he refuses to sign, I will find a way to make him sign it, or... I can replace him with someone else to sign it!"

David's words really scared Church.

What does it mean to have someone else sign for him?
Could it be that David is planning to attack the president?
But this is not possible. According to the U.S. Constitution, the president cannot be subject to any judicial proceedings as long as he is in office.

Could it be...that's right!
Impeach!

Church's train of thought changed instantly.

The President of the United States cannot be sanctioned through judicial procedures, but he can be sanctioned through impeachment by Congress.

If the impeachment is successful, the president will have to step down.

For example, Nicholson during the Watergate scandal.

But I have to say that Inspector General David is really bold. He even dares to take advantage of the president's ideas. This is too crazy!
"Go ahead, contact me if you need anything."

"Okay, then I will take my leave."

Church put away his messy thoughts, stood up and left without saying anything more.

……

As expected, Josh did not exaggerate. On the next day, David saw the announcement from Congress on TV that the cross-regional tax avoidance bill had officially obtained legislative coding.

After getting the code, Church and his colleagues naturally did not delay at all. They directly announced that a committee meeting would be held to discuss the bill in order to dialectically improve it!

As for the process, it will take several days and there is no need to rush.

"Go tell Elvis to help me collect some 'relevant information' about the President!"

In the office, David instructed Munson.

Upon hearing this, Munson was startled at first, then he asked weakly: "Inspector General, that's the President, you see..."

The word "President" is intimidating to anyone in the United States, and he is no exception.

"It's just a collection, there won't be any problem, go ahead!"

He had been working on this bill for so long that he would not allow any mistakes to occur in any link. As for the President's signature, even if Church hadn't mentioned it yesterday, he had already planned to make some preparations.

If nothing is done in advance, and if the White House refuses to sign the bill, who knows what unexpected changes may occur.

Therefore, he should make some preparations in advance. If the White House really shows hesitation at that time, he can use this to exert some pressure and ask them to sign the bill as soon as possible to make it take effect.

Seeing David's firm tone, Manson didn't dare to say anything more and quickly turned and left.

A few hours later, Munson returned with a document in his hand and placed it in front of David.

David picked it up and looked at it for a while, his expression beginning to become playful.

Paden himself didn't have any big problems, but the reason why he didn't have any big problems was that those trivial matters could not put pressure on him, the first man in America.

But...his son is a big problem.

According to the information, his son is a playboy.

He is involved in all kinds of eating, drinking, gambling, whoring and smoking, and has been arrested by law enforcement agencies many times. It is only because his father, the president, has come forward to clean up the mess that he has been able to get away with it until now.

In addition, according to the information, his son has long served as a senior executive in a commercial company in Ukraine, and has many business dealings with the British Empire, Israel and other countries.

According to intelligence information obtained by the CIA, these transactions of interest were most likely instructed by Paden himself.

But intelligence is intelligence, it is not direct evidence, so for Paden and his son it is at most just "throwing mud", and they can't do anything to them.

As for whether the CIA has any direct evidence of their corruption?
The answer is no.

But this is also normal.

As the president, how could Patel allow the CIA to get hold of the evidence against him?

It seems that the breakthrough lies in his son!

I have to find some time to meet his son.

Secretly get some useful things from this playboy, and then if the White House really wants to block his bill from signing, he can use this to put pressure on him!
Of course, there is one urgent thing to do now, which is to first warn those members of parliament who may be subverted.

Thinking of this, David immediately picked up the phone and started to arrange his itinerary...

……

Senado Island
In the conference room, Henrietta sat on the main seat, and on his left and right were the seven major families.

Opposite Henrietta and the seven major families were other members of the Freemasons and Nan Xi who was invited.

Nan Xi seemed to know very well why the Freemasons invited her here, so when she arrived here, she had no intention of taking the initiative to ask, but was waiting for the other party to speak.

"What did you do to Speaker Nanxi? How did they get the legislative number so quickly?"

The first to attack was Joshua from the Mogen family. Although the others present did not directly accuse him, they also showed dissatisfaction.

Speaking of which, Nan Xi does bear a great responsibility for this matter in the final analysis.

After all, as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, she was unable to control her committee and allowed the bill to get a legislative number so quickly. This was really inappropriate.

"I do have some responsibility for this matter. I didn't expect that Josh would suddenly attack me, and I didn't expect him to deal with the committee so quickly. By the time I reacted, it was too late..."

Although Nan Xi was apologizing verbally, her expression was cold and she did not show any guilt.

"What's the use of putting the blame on you? If they hadn't gotten the legislative number so quickly, we would have had more time to convince those wavering congressmen..."

"All right!"

Before Joshua could finish, Henrietta interrupted him and said, "Since their bill has already received a legislative number, it will soon enter the House of Representatives voting phase. How many votes do we have now?"

Hearing this, everyone present fell silent instantly.

Legislative numbers and the like are actually not important at all. The number of votes in Congress is what matters most!
"According to statistics, we currently have 221 votes, but..."

After hearing the first half of the sentence, everyone at the scene breathed a sigh of relief.

As I said before, in the House of Representatives, as long as you have 218 votes, you can have the final say!
But when the word "but" appeared at the end, everyone felt something was wrong.

"But what?"

Henrietta asked immediately.

"These 221 votes are just a formal count. I'm sure everyone knows that in the voting process of Congress, it is useless to rely solely on preliminary counts. Many members of Congress can say that they support us today, but they can vote for the other side tomorrow..."

Obviously, the Freemasons can poach David to persuade good congressmen, and David can naturally poach good congressmen from their side.

Now, on the surface, both the Freemasons and David have the upper hand in terms of the number of votes they hold.

But until the actual vote comes, no one can guarantee which of the congressmen are human and which are ghosts.

"That won't work. David is best at swindling people. Didn't he swindle us once during the last assassination attempt? It's possible that the 221 votes we counted now were deliberately made by him to confuse us!"

"That's right. If we had an absolute advantage, such as 250 or 260 votes, we wouldn't be afraid of their instigation. But now the advantage we see is only a few votes, which is too unsafe!"

"We have spent nearly $200 billion in various states over the past few days, how come the number of votes is only this low?"

The Freemasons at the scene immediately became worried.

"enough!"

While everyone was still doing their duties, a voice was heard, causing everyone to shut up.

Because the person who made this voice was none other than the group's leader Henrietta.

"Speaker Nanxi, the situation is not good for us now. I would like to ask you to stop holding back and help us get this bill passed first. Don't worry, as long as you are willing to do your best to help me, we three major groups will try our best to satisfy you as long as we can!"

Henrietta knew better.

Even though Nan Xi apparently helped them manipulate the legislative numbers, he still had reservations about dealing with David.

He really couldn't believe that the head of the House of Representatives would really watch David get the legislative number and be unable to do anything.

But no matter what, Nanxi is still the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

If she intervenes in our hospital with all her strength, the chances of winning for the major groups will definitely increase significantly.

(End of this chapter)