american tax collector

Chapter 380 Voting begins, betrayals continue
"It's still early, please enjoy this dinner tonight!"

After finishing, David walked down the stage to the Florida congressman's location, looked at a few people and asked, "Gentlemen, what's the situation over there?"

"According to your instructions, the Ansa people should believe us. We will give them a 'big surprise' tomorrow!"

"If they really count our votes, then it's bad luck for them!"

"Hehe, I can't wait to see their dumbfounded looks tomorrow."

Several lawmakers struck a teasing tone.

"Okay, then let's wait and see the 'good show'!"

David knew that some of his councillors must have been instigated by the three major groups and were preparing to give him a "surprise" tomorrow.

And he naturally did not want to be outdone.

Therefore, several days ago, he had already informed some of the congressmen in the camp who were wooed by the three major groups, and asked these people to pretend to be convinced and give them a "surprise" tomorrow as well!
Speaking of which, this action reminded him of a movie, Infernal Affairs!
Both sides have planted traitors in their own side and are plotting all kinds of things!

……

In the following time, David kept walking around the venue, and while talking with state legislators, he also secretly activated the review function to examine these people one by one.

After his investigation, he was able to identify some insider members of the parliament from some clues.

However, he did not attack immediately. Instead, he pretended nothing had happened and talked to them for a while. Then he went to look for other targets.

The time came to 9.30:, David rubbed his eyes and sat down at the bar.

He had examined almost all the congressmen present, but he had only identified five or six traitors.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that there are only those few guys, but the system’s review function does not display all the details of the event.

So maybe there are still some traitorous congressmen who have not been discovered. The thought of this gives him a headache.

"what happened to you?"

David turned around and saw that it was Selina who had come to his side without him noticing. He quickly put away his thoughts and replied, "What's wrong, Miss Selina?"

"Nothing. I just asked because you looked so sad."

"Just a little tired, that's all."

"You've been running around a lot lately for this bill. Thank you for your hard work."

"Alas, there is no other way. It has come to this point. It is necessary to do it. Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about you. How have you been recently?"

David sighed first, then changed the subject.

Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Selina for a long time.

Selina's face suddenly showed bitterness, and she said, "I am worse than before. Before, I could at least go out for a walk, but now, I can only stay at home. Coming here tonight is the first time I have stepped out of the house in a while."

"I believe this is also for your safety. But don't worry, if this bill is successfully enacted, I believe the situation will be much better."

"Maybe……"

In the following time, the two chatted for a long time until Manson came to David and said that Obadiah was looking for him, so he got up and left.

As she watched David's departing back, Selina's expression changed from the complexity when she first arrived to ease.

After this conversation, it was clear that she had been relieved of a lot of the burden in her heart.

In the hotel lobby, the invited congressmen were still drinking and chatting, and time had unknowingly come to eleven o'clock.

At this time, David walked to the center stage and said to the microphone: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's getting late. We have to go to Congress to prepare for voting tomorrow morning, so this dinner will end here. Thank you all for coming."

"Okay then, Chief Inspector David, we'll take our leave now."

"Goodbye Inspector General David."

"Goodbye, Chief Obadiah..."

"Goodbye, Counsellor Vertonghen..."

"..."

The invited parliamentarians greeted each other and left in an orderly manner.

David came to Obadiah and other IRS executives and said, "Director, Counsel Vertonghen, it's getting late. You should go back and rest first."

"great, see you tomorrow!"

Obadiah and others also turned and left.

Not long after, David returned to his apartment, washed up and lay down on the bed. However, although it was late at night, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep.

He has tried his best to pass this bill recently, but even so, he still cannot guarantee that it will be passed by the House of Representatives 100% tomorrow.

If a miscarriage really happens, how should I deal with the situation?

This is a question worth thinking about.

At the same time, it was not only David who was tossing and turning in sleep. People from the three major groups were also unable to sleep or eat.

Each of their three major groups has existed for hundreds of years and has experienced countless storms over the years.

It is these experiences that have established their current supreme status.

If this bill is passed, it will not only cause them huge losses in profits, but will also severely damage their accumulated prestige.

They also find it difficult to bear such consequences.

In addition to the IRS and the three major groups, all ordinary Americans who are paying attention to this bill are also excitedly looking forward to the arrival of dawn.

Just like that, as everyone was thinking, the sky gradually turned pale and the time came to 8: in the morning.

After getting up and washing up, David went to the IRS first. When he arrived at the meeting room, Obadiah, Vertonghen and Donald were already there.

However, their eyes were full of bloodshot at this time, and it was obvious that they had not been able to sleep all night.

"Morning, David."

"Morning, Director, Counselor Vertonghen."

"It's still early, let's have a cup of coffee."

David nodded, walked skillfully to the coffee machine, and poured a cup of hot coffee.

Soon after, senior executives like Lahan arrived one by one, then the door of the conference room was closed, the TV on the wall was turned on, and the atmosphere on the scene began to calm down.

Senado Island.

Except for the members who needed to vote, all the important members of the Freemasons gathered here. Although these Freemasons sat on chairs, they all had tense expressions and clenched fists.

In addition to the Freemasonry Group, the people from the Illuminati and the Ansa Group also put aside all their affairs and gathered all the important members of the group, intending to make the next plan after the voting results came out.

At the gate of Capitol Hill, a dense crowd of reporters are already in place, constantly reporting on the situation on the scene.

Members of the House of Representatives also entered the venue one after another.

"Here it comes, we will soon find out whether this bill can pass the House of Representatives!"

“I think I can definitely pass it!”

"Not necessarily. I heard that the financial groups have been madly 'hunting' those congressmen these days, trying to gain their support. This bill may not have enough votes."

"..."

Seeing that the show had begun, people all over America began to talk about it.

As they were discussing, more than 400 members of Congress had already taken their seats in the House of Representatives.

The media outlets that had obtained permission to broadcast live also entered the hospital and set up their cameras.

At exactly nine o'clock, Nan Xi walked out of the corridor with the same confidence as when he presided over work in the past, and then came to the podium.

As the Speaker of the House of Representatives, she would naturally preside over the voting process for each bill.

"Good morning, colleagues. Today, this House will hold a vote on the 'Tax Avoidance Bill'..."

"Okay, the bill has passed the committee's review and various improvement processes. I won't say any more nonsense. Now the voting officially begins!"

After Nan Xi finished her opening remarks, the voting session officially began.

The voting methods of the House of Representatives and the Senate are different.

The Senate has a relatively small number of senators, with only 100 members, so most of them will vote verbally in favor or against.

The House of Representatives uses an electronic voting system because of its large population and large venue.

So at this moment, audiences around the world all fixed their eyes on a huge display screen above the podium.

Soon, the first voting results were displayed.

Representative Christine Dick of Nevada voted against the bill.

As soon as this result came out, it caused an uproar.

"My first vote was against. This is really a bad start!"

"Nevada is where Inspector General David got his start, and he has created a lot of tax revenue for the state. How can this congressman not support him?"

"Don't panic everyone, it's just the first vote, there are still 434 votes to be cast, everyone be patient, let's see what happens next!"

Many people felt sorry for David for this result.

After all, as they said, David came out of this state, and before leaving, he cleared the black taxes of criminals of all sizes in this state, allowing the people of this state to receive a lot of benefits.

This also allowed the state's government members to receive a lot of financial allocations.
However, the legislators of this state were the first to vote against it, which naturally made many people unhappy.

At the same time, Nan Xi, the three major groups, and capitalists across the country on the stage were naturally delighted when they saw that they had gotten a winning start.

But as the saying goes, when some people are happy, others are sad.

The ones who are worried are naturally the senior executives at the IRS.

"Damn that bastard Christer Dick, I'm going to make him suffer the consequences after this incident!"

"Wait... isn't this guy from our camp? I didn't expect that he was actually instigated by the three major groups. I'm so pissed!"

"Damn it! He was calling me a brother at the dinner yesterday and said he would strongly support our bill, but now he turns around and sells us out!"

"This guy is unreliable. I just hope other councillors won't turn against us again!"

Originally, they had 239 votes, which made them somewhat confident. However, the loss of this first vote made them feel depressed instantly.

The most hateful thing is that the congressman named Christer Dick also came to the dinner last night, which counted as one of their open votes.

Now this guy has obviously turned against us, so who knows who in their camp will defect next?

David was also quite depressed at this time, because the congressman who had defected was not among the people he had checked out using the system last night.

Although this rebellious congressman had never been to Lolita Island, he had access to information on this guy's corruption.

However, even so, this guy still turned against us. How did the three major groups convince him?

Apart from this guy, there won't be many other congressmen who were not included in the plan and will turn against us, right?
Forget it, let them turn against him. As I said before, he really doesn’t believe that there are more than 21 congressmen who turn against him together!
Of course, if there really is, then after the bill fails, he will definitely do everything he can to make these people pay a heavy price!

While everyone was thinking, the second ballot was released.

Still a member of the Congress from Nevada.

The big screen showed that the congresswoman named Eva Bradley cast a vote against it!
For a moment, it was like a stone that caused a thousand waves.

The third one followed, still a vote against!

"Fuck, what the hell is going on? Why are all the votes against it?"

"It would be fine if there was only one vote against it, but there were three in a row. Is this bill going to fail?"

"Why rush? There are only three tickets left. There are still more than 400 tickets. I believe the next legislators will make the right choice!"

"..."

In any case, the fact that there were three votes against at the beginning of the vote still made those people who supported the passage of the bill feel a little discouraged.

On the side of the three major groups, many people were naturally ecstatic when they saw this situation, and some even high-fived and hugged each other to celebrate.

In fact, it is not surprising that they were so excited, because David had already won these three votes, and they only started lobbying later.

Now that it has come to the voting stage, everyone has come to support them, which proves that their lobbying and subversion work over this period of time has been very effective!

If the situation continues to develop at this pace, then the bill that the IRS and David have worked so hard on will probably fail.

When the time comes, they will take advantage of the IRS's setback and fight back. Wouldn't that make things difficult for both the IRS and David?
Internal Revenue Service, at this moment in the conference room, the atmosphere has completely frozen.

It would have been fine if I had just lost the first vote, but now there have been three consecutive votes, all of which were against.

And the most crucial thing is that these three votes originally belonged to their side, but now they have all become votes of betrayal.

At this point, the mood of all the senior executives has hit rock bottom.

(End of this chapter)