Chapter 742: Chapter 372: Strangled
“Saroyan is right, Britain is our best ally in America; we can’t do things that harm our allies!”
“We Americans, why have we become the global hegemon? Isn’t it because our allies are fed when they follow us? If we start fighting over meat with our allies now, we will gradually lose our global influence!”
“And Luxembourg, Monaco, these regions, they are also originally tax havens. If this bill were really to be pushed out, they would definitely protest as well, so we have to consider their influence!”
Many Congressmen present were the spokespersons of The Big Three Groups, as well as various financial consortia. So naturally, upon hearing Saroyan’s words, they were overwhelmingly in agreement.
“Heh heh…”
Looking at these people, Church chuckled disdainfully and replied, “I ask you, which is more important, the interests of allies or the interests of our own people?”
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“Our finances are in such a terrible state. In other words, our own civilians are starving; how can we afford to care for others?”
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“Furthermore, those allies you speak of, they follow us not just for a simple meat feast.”
“I think the most important point is their fear of our military power, which is the greatest in the world. And as our economy continues this way, cutting military spending is inevitable. Without increased investment in military spending, our military strength will inevitably decline sharply!”
“This is why those in the Middle East now dare to move away from using the US Dollar, and why the European Union has started to face us on equal footing. This is the real root cause!”
Clearly, he had anticipated that some would use the topic of allies to argue against the legislation when he approached the podium. So, he was well prepared with rebuttal arguments.
“Senator Church is right; you think our allies are just simply sharing meat with us? Without strong military support, who would follow you!”
“This bill must pass because it will not only bring benefits to our people but also allow the country to invest more funds in the military, maintaining our status as the hegemon!”
“Support Senator Church…”
Church’s allies were not to be outdone either, and sounds of support were heard.
Moreover, it wasn’t just them; many members of the public watching the live broadcast also launched into responsive action.
Of course, despite the support of allies and a large number of civilians.
The Congressmen led by Saroyan still had no intention of giving up, continuing to impeach the bill.
But their impeachment was useless, at least for now.
Because this bill was just recently placed before the Congress, seeking to obtain a legislative number.
So next, Church simply ignored them, directly submitting the self-drafted bill to the Legislative Committee, and then waiting for an audit and approval.
However, surprisingly, on the second day after the submission, there was still no progress with the bill.
Another day passed, and the third day, still no news; the bill seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
Now Church could not contain his impatience, immediately leveraging his connections to gather information.
Meanwhile, at the Internal Revenue Service Inspector General’s Office.
David sat in his chair, showing signs of fatigue, while facing him were various department staff members.
“A few days ago, we had 213 votes. After your maneuvers these past few days, Mr. Inspector General, we now have 228 votes, 10 more than the 218 needed to pass the bill. It should be quite secure!”
Listening to Manson’s report on the count, David felt a trace of relief in his heart.
The reason he appeared so exhausted was entirely because of the countless efforts he had made in the past few days to dig up dirt on the vacillating Congressmen, subsequently threatening them to switch to his side.
But now it seemed all the efforts were worth it; he had 228 votes in hand at least.
Even if there were turncoats at the voting stage, as long as there were no more than 10 of them, the bill was certain to pass!
“How about Elvis, did they give out the list?”
Apart from dealing with the swing voters, David had also asked Elvis to utilize CIA resources to monitor those on his own side to see who was unreliable.
Just to be safe, anyone daring to betray would be nipped in the bud!
“Here, Mr. Inspector General, please take a look.”
Jerry placed a list in front of him; David took a glance, noting that there were indeed more than a dozen people on it. That was not a small number!
It seemed that not only had he been busy recently, but Freemasonry had also been actively lobbying Congressmen to switch to their side.
This would not do; as he had just said, as long as there were no more than 10 defectors, the bill could pass securely.
Now with this list of more than a dozen Congressmen, although not all of them may defect, it was necessary to guard against it!
It seemed he had to seriously deal with these dozen or so people. Even if not all could be turned around, at least most had to be made to obediently return to his camp!
“How are things going with the Congress, where are we in the legislative process?”
In the past few days, David had been busy securing the Congressmen, so he only knew the bill had been submitted to Congress; he hadn’t paid special attention to which step it was at.
“Mr. Inspector General, I was just about to inform you about this…”
“Giggle…”