American Tax Officer-Chapter 753 - 377: Voting Begins, Successive Defections_2

Chapter 753: Chapter 377: Voting Begins, Successive Defections_2

Just like that, as various thoughts mingled, the sky gradually turned pale, and the time arrived at 8:30 AM.

After getting up and washing up, David went straight to the Internal Revenue Service. Upon arriving at the conference room, Obadiah and Welton Hendonald were already present.

However, their eyes were filled with bloodshot veins, clearly having had a sleepless night.

“Good morning, David.”

“Good morning, Chief Inspector, Consultant Welton Heng.”

“It’s still early, let’s have some coffee.”

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David nodded and skillfully went to the coffee machine, pouring a steaming cup of coffee.

Soon after, higher-ups like Rohan had arrived one by one, then the doors of the conference room were closed, the TV on the wall was turned on, and the atmosphere in the room began to calm down.

Senado Island.

Besides the Congressmen who needed to vote, all key members of Freemasonry had gathered here.

Though each Freemasonry member was seated, they all wore tense expressions, fists tightly clenched.

Apart from the Freemasonry Group, at this moment, the Illuminati and the members of the Ansa Group had also put aside all affairs and assembled all key members, planning their next steps after the voting results were revealed.

At the doors of Congressional Hill, swarms of reporters were now in place, constantly reporting the situation on-site.

The House of Congressman members were also gradually entering.

“Here it comes, we are about to find out if this bill will make it through the House of Congressman!”

“I think it definitely will!”

“Not necessarily, they say these past few days the big corporations have been frantically ‘hunting’ the Congressmen to gain their support; this bill might not get enough votes.”

“…”

With the drama unfolding, the whole of America was covered with heated discussions.

And along with their discussions, more than 400 members of the House of Congressman had progressively taken their places.

The media who had received live broadcast rights had also entered the chamber and set up their cameras.

At exactly nine o’clock, Nancy entered the passage with her usual confident and composed demeanor, making her way to the podium.

As the Speaker of the House, it was naturally her role to preside over the voting of each bill.

“Good morning, colleagues. Today our chamber will hold the voting session for the ‘Foreign Tax Evasion Bill’…”

“Alright, this bill has already passed through the committee’s review and various improvement processes; I won’t waste time with more words, let’s officially begin the voting now!”

With Nancy’s introductory speech concluded, the voting officially commenced.

The voting methods in the House of Congressman and Senate differed.

The Senate, having fewer members—only 100 Congressmen—often opted for a verbal vote of ‘aye’ or ‘nay.’

However, due to its larger membership and venue size, the House of Congressman employed an electronic voting system.

Therefore, all eyes around the globe were fixed on a vast screen above the podium.

Soon, the first voting result was displayed.

Representative Clyde Dick from Nevada State had cast a vote against the bill.

This result instantly provoked an uproar.

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“Holy crap, the first one is a no vote; this truly is an unfavorable start!”

“Nevada State, this is where Chief Inspector David ‘started off.’ Plus, he’s significantly boosted the tax revenues for this state—how could this Congressman not support it?”

“Don’t panic everyone, it’s just the first vote. We still have 434 votes to go; let’s be patient and see what happens next!”

Many citizens felt sympathy for David over this outcome.

After all, as they said, David hailed from that state, and before leaving, he had eradicated many criminal tax evaders, providing considerable benefits to the people of this state.

The government officials of the state had received a substantial amount of financial allocations from the budget,

but the state’s Congressman was the first one to cast a vote against it, which naturally displeased many people.

At the same time, at the podium, Nancy, The Big Three Groups, and the capitalists across the country, seeing that they had gained the first victorious vote, were secretly thrilled.

But as they say, one man’s joy is another man’s sorrow.

Those in sorrow, naturally, were the high-ranking officials at the Internal Revenue Service.

“Damn it, this bastard Clyde Dick, after this, I am definitely going to make him pay!”

“Wait… wasn’t this guy on our side? I didn’t expect him to actually be swayed by The Big Three Groups, it’s infuriating!”

“This damn guy, just yesterday at the dinner he was treating me like a brother, saying he would strongly support our bill, and now he’s turned around and sold us out!”

“This guy is unreliable, I just hope the other Congressmen don’t betray us at the last minute!”

Originally, with 239 votes publicly secured, they still had some confidence, but this initial failure sent their morale plummeting.

And the most infuriating thing was, this Congressman named Clyde Dick had even attended last night’s dinner, supposedly one of their secured votes.

Now this guy has obviously turned traitor, who knows who else might betray their camp?

At this moment, David was also quite frustrated, because this Congressman’s defection was not anticipated in his analysis from last night.

Although this treacherous Congressman had never been to Lolita Island, David did have the corruption data on this guy.

Yet still, he turned traitor, how exactly did The Big Three Groups manage to persuade him?

Besides this guy, there might be many more Congressmen who weren’t part of the initial calculations turning traitor?

Well, if they turn, they turn; same old saying – he truly didn’t believe that there could be over 21 Congressmen collectively turning their coats!

Of course, if it really happened, he would spare no effort in making these people pay a painful price after this bill failed!

Amid these thoughts, the second vote was announced.

Still from Nevada State.

The big screen showed that the Congressman named Eva Bradley had also voted against!

Suddenly, it was like a stone causing a thousand ripples.

Followed by the third vote, still a vote against!

“Fake Yau, what the hell is going on, why all against?”

“It’s one thing to have one opposing vote, but with three in a row, is this bill going to fail?”

“What’s the rush, we only have three so far, there are still over 400 votes left, I believe the following Congressmen will make the right choice!”

“…”

Regardless, starting off with three opposing votes still disheartened the public supporting the bill.

On the side of The Big Three Groups, many were naturally ecstatic, some even high-fived and embraced, celebrating.

It’s no wonder they were so excited, because these three votes were supposed to have been secured by David, and it was only afterwards that they went to lobby them.

Now, as it came to voting, all turned in support of them, proving that their lobbying and persuading efforts over this period were very effective!

If things continued like this, the Internal Revenue Service and David’s painstakingly crafted bill might just fail.

Then they could use the defeat of the Internal Revenue Service to strike back—it wouldn’t be easy for the Internal Revenue Service or for him, David.

At the Internal Revenue Service, the atmosphere in the conference room had completely frozen.

A failure to secure the initial vote was one thing, but now three in a row, all against.

Moreover, the key was that these three votes were supposed to be theirs, and now all had turned into betrayals.

At this, the moods of the high-ranking officials had totally bottomed out.