american tax collector

Chapter 386 Cruel Means

At the same time, in the IRS, David and a group of senior executives looked gloomy.

The situation they least wanted to see finally happened.

It would have been fine if the speech was led by an ordinary senator, but it happened to be the leader of the majority party in the Senate.

Considering the prestige this guy holds in the courtyard, it would be not only difficult to knock him down, but extremely difficult!

In the Senate, Grace was still talking nonstop.

It was not until 10.30:, after talking for a full hour, that he finally stopped talking about this topic.

"Okay, that's all I have to say about this bill. Are there any fellow legislators who would like to add something?"

The first half of Grace's words made many people at the scene and those watching in America feel relieved, but the second half of her words made everyone nervous again.

But what you fear will come true. A voice of self-recommendation immediately broke the silence in the scene.

“I want to make some comments on this bill!”

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look, and the cameras of all major media outlets also swept towards the source of the sound.

It turns out that the person who made this voice was none other than Senator Longman, who had called for the abolition of the black tax bill!

"Damn it, it was Langman who jumped out. This guy had previously advocated the abolition 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, don't even think that he can support the tax avoidance bill!"

"Trouble..."

The people watching are no strangers to Langman.

But many supporters of the bill felt a sinking feeling when he wanted to take the stage to launch a speech on the tax avoidance bill.

Because they all know that this guy is one of those who is determined to prevent the bill from passing!

But no matter how dissatisfied they were, Grace at the scene was different. He smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It is our senator's power to give advice on the bill. Then please ask Senator Longman to come up and speak!"

"Ok."

Langman straightened his collar, walked to the podium leisurely, and said: "As Senator Grace said before, this bill..."

"..."

Just as everyone expected.

Langman also wanted to use his speech to delay the vote. Once he came to the stage, he spoke a lot of nonsense, which took up nearly half an hour.

Finally, as a supporter of this bill, Senator Raglan of Florida couldn't help it and stood up and interrupted, "Enough!"

This interruption not only made Langman stop talking, but also made everyone at the scene and the camera focus on him.

Langman frowned and said sarcastically, "Senator Raglan, you want to come up and say something too? Don't be in a hurry. After I finish speaking, there will be plenty of time for you to speak. You can speak for a whole day!"

"Humph, we are all smart people, so stop wasting time playing these tricks!"

Raglan snorted coldly and retorted unceremoniously.

It was okay with Grace just now. After all, she is the Senate Majority Leader and some face should be given to her.

But who are you now, Langman?

If I don't teach you a lesson, do you really think the Senate is your home?

"Senator Raglan, what do you mean by that? Do you want to stop me from going on? Do you have the votes?"

Langman also responded without showing any weakness.

However, Raglan had no intention of continuing to talk to him. After looking around, he simply raised his right hand.

The meaning of his move was very clear, which was to start voting to end the speech session!
The congressmen who supported the bill with him had naturally had enough and responded by raising their right arms.

Seeing this, Grace, the host of today's Senate, could no longer sit still. She stood up and said, "Since Raglan has initiated a vote to terminate the speech, the votes will be counted in 5 minutes!"

"Fuck, this voting process should have been started long ago!"

"If you want to stop the speech and delay the vote, you must have the consent of 60 senators. I don't think there will be enough votes..."

"41, 42, 43..."

Seeing that there was finally a vote to stop this procrastination, many people in front of the TV immediately started counting the votes.

Not only the viewers in front of the TV, but also the senior officials at the IRS started counting.

But as time went on and the number of votes on site became clearer, their faces gradually darkened.

Because it can be clearly seen on the big screen that no matter how you count, there are only 58 senators who raised their hands, which is not enough votes to terminate the speech process.

In other words, there is no way to prevent opposition lawmakers from using their speeches on the bill to delay its passage!

"Shit, David, who are those three senators who didn't raise their hands?"

Donald couldn't help but curse, but after cursing, he turned his inquiring gaze to David.

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Nick from Ala., Roger from Ohio, and Angus!"

"Shit, these three bastards!"

"Fake Squid!"

"..."

After learning the names of these three people, many senior executives began to curse them.

But after a while, Lahan said thoughtfully: "At present, only three members of the senator are insiders. In other words, we have confirmed that 58 senators will support the passage of the bill. This is a good thing for us!"

These words calmed the others down instantly.

That's true. Although this was not a vote on the tax avoidance bill, it can be seen from the vote on the obstruction speech that they have a great advantage.

There were indeed only three congressmen who turned against the bill, which means that if it really came to the voting stage, their bill would definitely be passed.

But then again, if we want to move on to the voting phase for this bill, we must first stop the opposition lawmakers' speeches on the stage and delay time.

But this requires 60 votes, which seems to be a vicious circle!

"Is there any other way to end their speech session?"

Obadiah looked at the others present with a questioning look.

"The speaking procedure is a power granted to senators by the Constitution. There is definitely no way to do it for the time being except to get enough votes." It was Vertonghen who answered.

As the chief counsel of the IRS, he is naturally well-versed in laws and regulations.

Obadiah frowned, looked at David and said, "David, do you have any other solution for this matter?"

David thought about it, then shook his head and replied, "They are all in Congress at the moment. It seems that we can only make plans after today is over."

"Okay, this is the only way!"

……

Senate scene.

"Senator Raglan, there are only 58 votes in favor of terminating my speech. According to the Congressional Law, this is not enough!"

Seeing that the number of votes was not enough, opposition lawmakers such as Langman became instantly proud.

As for Raglan and the others, although they were extremely angry, there was nothing they could do.

Because what they said is indeed correct. According to Congressional Law, if you don't have 60 votes, you don't have the right to bypass the speech and go directly to the voting stage.

Of course, it wasn't just Raglan and other supporting MPs who were furious.

There is also a large group of people who support this bill, but they can only curse a few words online and there is nothing they can do.

In this way, after Langman and other opposition lawmakers took turns to speak, time unknowingly came to 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

At this time, it was finally Grace's turn to speak. He said, "I'm sorry, everyone. Our congressmen haven't finished speaking about some of the opinions and areas that need improvement on this bill. It's getting late now, so I'm afraid we can only wait until tomorrow to continue!"

Grace's words, of course, drew a barrage 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 MPs like Langman looked at Raglan and others with pride, then left in a swagger.

"Raglan, this is not a solution. What should we do tomorrow?"

"Yes, judging from the attitude of these guys, they are determined 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 go talk to David right away, he should be able to solve it!"

Without staying any longer, Raglan quickly walked out of the Capitol, got in his car and headed for the IRS headquarters.

Meanwhile, Senado Island.

Although on the surface they won today, in fact their current situation is very dangerous for them.

The reason is simple. By relying on this speech process, the bill can be delayed and prevented from entering the voting stage.

But as the saying goes, if you can delay it for a while, can you delay it for a lifetime?
By then, under pressure from all sides, I'm afraid there will have to be a real vote as the result.

Now the situation seems to have become clearer. There are 58 votes in favor of the passage of the bill, which is an absolutely overwhelming advantage!

If it really comes to the voting stage, then judging by the number of votes, everything they have done will be in vain!

"Bang, what the hell is going on? Didn't we say we had 56 votes? What's going on now?!"

Prescott lost his temper and slapped the table.

Although the others did not directly question, their eyes were filled with coldness.

"This……"

Joshua's face looked a little bitter at this time, and he stammered for a long time without being able to utter a word.

To be honest, before voting, he had a hunch that there would be a lot of unexpected events happening with the votes in his hand.

But I didn't expect the change to be so big, with more than 14 votes turning against the party.

As the person in charge of this matter, he will definitely have to take the blame.

"I'm afraid we won't be able to block the vote for long. Let's not talk about whether David will use other means. Since such a world-renowned bill has come to the Senate, there must be a result whether it passes or not. So do we have any other plans?"

Henrietta also spoke with a sullen face.

There was silence for about a minute, then a man with a hooked nose stood up and said, "Mr. Henrietta, I think there is a way to deal with this!"

"Then tell me your plan, Stancho!"

The man named Stanciu turned around and took out a pile of documents from the bag he brought with him. After searching carefully, he finally pulled out more than ten volumes and pushed them in front of Henrietta.

Henrietta picked up one of the volumes and took a look at it. Then she looked at him and said, "This is all the information about the senators. What do you want to give it to me?"

"Mr. Henrietta, you know David's abilities. He is best at fabricating dirt on others to intimidate the people he wants to deal with."

"Before, those members of the House of Representatives did so, and most of them succumbed to him, and now I believe many members of the Senate are also like this."

"So my plan is... let's just go all out!"

Having said this, Stanciu suddenly became fierce.

"Wait a minute, Stancho, what do you mean by going all out?"

Prescott didn't quite understand and asked immediately.

"It's very simple. The most effective way to control these senators and prevent them from turning against us is to pinch their weak spots. We can directly take action against their families. I will use force threats or direct detention to exchange for their votes against the bill in the Senate and abort it!"

At this moment, Stanciu completely revealed his ruthless side.

He knew very well that if they could coerce and bribe these congressmen, then David could do the same.

Moreover, David's methods were even more extreme than theirs.

The example of the House of Representatives is there. Although they spent a lot of money and put a lot of threats on those members of Congress, David still won in the end.

But if his method is implemented this time, then those congressmen will definitely not dare to turn against their party again!
Because no one's life is more important than your family's!

Hearing such harsh words, not to mention the ordinary members, even people like Prescott and Joshua who were used to seeing many storms were stunned.

Those are senators in Congress, each of them is a top politician in the United States, and there may be many presidents among them in the future.

But now this Stanciu actually proposed to take action against the families of these people in order to force them to vote?
And it would be fine to just target one or two people, but to get enough votes to kill the tax avoidance bill, at least nine votes are needed.

In other words, if they were to take such extreme measures against nine senators, then no matter how powerful they are, they would be drowned by the saliva of the whole country!

(End of this chapter)