American Tax Officer-Chapter 749 - 375: Eve of the Voting_2

Chapter 749: Chapter 375: Eve of the Voting_2

Relying on Church, Josh, and others’ maneuvers in the House of Congress, the committee’s dialectics, and improvements to the work process proceeded unusually smoothly.

At last, the chairperson of the Legislative Committee took a personal stand and announced in front of the media that all the preliminary work on the bill had been completed. As for the voting process, it would begin in three days.

Upon hearing this news, some people were excited, while others were apprehensive.

Naturally, the excited ones were the ordinary citizens of America and onlookers from around the world.

At first glance, it was just a bill, albeit one that seemed to demand the lives of capitalists.

But in reality, it was a showdown between the Internal Revenue Service and American capitalists.

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Regardless of which side failed, it might well signal the beginning of their respective downfalls.

Thus, the public and onlookers were exceedingly eager to witness this drama unfold.

Those who felt trepidation were the Freemasons, Ansa Group, Illuminati, and the capitalists of America.

Of course, this also included the Internal Revenue Service and even David himself.

Although both sides had exerted various efforts over time, no one dared to guarantee victory before the results of the vote were in.

What was crucial was that this bill was not like the black tax bill, the passing of which would merely inconvenience a group of insignificant criminals.

If this bill were to pass, the ones to suffer would be all of America’s capitalists, a group that saw themselves as the ‘masters’ of America and therefore could not afford to lose.

For the Internal Revenue Service, even if the bill did not pass, there seemed to be no substantial loss at face value.

However, in reality, failure to pass the bill would mean that the capitalists, led by The Big Three Groups, had the upper hand in Congress.

Given these individuals’ vindictive nature, they would surely retaliate against the Internal Revenue Service.

And at that time, should The Big Three Groups commanding the advantage in Congress propose to abolish the black tax bill, or reduce the powers of the Internal Revenue Service, weakening its defenses, the Internal Revenue Service would naturally find it difficult to resist.

For the Internal Revenue Service, they too could not afford to lose this gamble!

Under this atmosphere of intense emotion, two days quickly passed.

Tomorrow was the voting day in Congress for the offshore tax evasion bill, and everyone’s breathing grew more rapid.

Over at Nancy’s residence.

She herself and a few representatives from The Big Three Groups were sitting on the sofa. Although no one spoke, a close observation of their expressions revealed the unease they each held.

That a political veteran like Nancy, who had dominated American politics for decades, felt such disquiet could only be attributed to a bill that threatened livelihoods and fortunes.

Not far from them, staff members were flipping through documents, seemingly tallying some data.

About ten minutes later, a man with glasses nodded his head, approached them, and announced, “Speaker Nancy, according to the current tally of votes, we have 235!”

Hearing this number, the tight expressions on Nancy and others’ faces immediately relaxed.

Several days before on Senado Island, the Freemasons had counted 221 votes. Thankfully, with several days of effort and her personal stepping down from the podium, deploying both threats and inducements, she had secured an additional 14 votes, a quite satisfactory result.

“Give me the numbers of those representatives who are still wavering!”

Nancy was still not entirely reassured. With the vote commencing tomorrow, she decided to make a final effort to secure a surer outcome.

Quickly, staff members handed over the list to Nancy, and she started making calls one by one, engaging in a final round of ‘persuasion’!

Over at the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters.

At this moment, Inspector David was also earnestly reviewing a list.

It was clear to see that he was not in a good state of mind, and dark circles were apparent around his eyes, evidently lacking rest over the past several days.

Seven or eight minutes later, David put down the list and nodded, “So, you’re saying that we have a total of 239 votes now?”

“Yes, Chief Inspector, this is a significant advantage for us. Of course, all of this is thanks to your tireless efforts these last few days. Otherwise, we could not have achieved such an advantage,” replied Manson, not out of flattery.

Over the past few days, he had personally prepared a list of swing congress members for David and then watched David win over each of them to their side.

This achievement certainly hadn’t required Herculean effort, but it had undeniably drained a great deal of energy; hence, the results were well deserved!

“How about them, how many votes have they tallied now?”

David looked at Jerry, who was equally drained.

“According to the CIA’s intel, it’s about 230-239 votes!”

Jerry responded.

“230-239…”

A heavy look crossed David’s face.

The Big Three Groups, along with the old fox Nancy, seemed to be no pushovers. Despite his forceful pressure, they had still managed to secure so many votes.

Although these were just the officially tallied votes, they would surely decrease by the time of voting.

But no one could guarantee who would secure the 218-plus votes needed when the time came.

It looked like they would have to wait for tomorrow’s congressional vote to truly know the outcome!

“Giggle giggle…”

While David was deep in thought, there came a knock at the door. He immediately called out, “Come in.”

“Inspector David, the directors are already in the conference room; they’re asking for you to come over!”

“I’ll be right there!”

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Upon entering the conference room.

Obadiah Donald and the other senior figures were all gathered there.

As soon as David was seated, Obadiah cut straight to the chase without any preamble, “Alright David, tomorrow’s vote in the House of Congressman on this bill is about to start; give us a report on the specifics!”

Obadiah and the others were well aware that David had been toiling day and night on this matter, which is why, despite their keen interest and anxiety, they had refrained from disturbing his work, asking only when absolutely necessary.

But with the voting commencing tomorrow, they could no longer contain their curiosity and needed to get a general idea.

David nodded and said, “These past days, through the efforts of my department and I, we’ve tallied a total of 239 votes as of now.”

“239 votes, that’s fantastic!”

“As long as we have 218 votes, the bill can pass the House of Congressman; now that we have 239, it should be in the bag!”

“Even if these 239 are the official numbers, I really don’t believe that more than 21 members will defect when it comes down to the actual vote!”

Hearing this number, many of the senior executives were instantly excited.

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In their view, this number was definitely very solid regardless…

However, just as they were basking in excitement, what David said next doused them with a cold shower.

“Although our vote count is substantial, let’s not celebrate too early; the CIA’s intelligence shows that the Big Three Groups have also tallied a significant number of votes – between 230 and 239!”

Upon hearing this, the just recently elated executives could no longer muster a smile.

“How… how can they have so many votes, too?”

“Let’s conservatively estimate that they have 230, but this is very dangerous for us.”

“We have 239, and they have 230; there are only 435 votes in total in the House of Congressman, which means there are 34 members whose allegiance is uncertain… This is indeed very dangerous.”

Even though on the surface it seemed they had a slight numerical advantage, this advantage couldn’t form an overwhelming dominance.

If they were to lose the vote, it wouldn’t be too surprising at all.