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American Tax Officer-Chapter 754 - 378: The White-Hot Stage
Chapter 754: Chapter 378: The White-Hot Stage
Just when many people at the Internal Revenue Service were ready to curse and vent, a turning point finally arrived.
The fourth ballot was out, and the results displayed on the big screen showed that it was a vote in favor of passing the bill!
“Damn, good!”
“Wrigley Guther, truly Wrigley!”
“Finally got a vote in favor, now everyone push forward!”
The top brass, already in a state of extreme tension, finally found some relief after seeing this vote in favor.
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“Wait… look quick!”
However, before they could reflect too much, something even more morale-boosting lay ahead.
Following that, the fourth, fifth… all the way up to the tenth ballots, according to the results shown on the big screen, were surprisingly all in favor of passing the bill.
Moreover, some of these votes included legislators who were originally from The Big Three Groups, but now had defected to their Internal Revenue Service camp!
“Inspector David, your work on turning coats has been pretty good too!”
With this outcome emerging, Obadiah, who had been clenching his fists, let out a sigh of relief and turned his head to compliment David.
“They’ve come after our people, so naturally I wouldn’t just sit idle.”
During this time, The Big Three Groups had been relentlessly lobbying their legislators, and how could David just watch? He also applied pressure in various ways to the legislators of the opposing camp.
And now that these legislators from The Big Three Groups had made their choice in the current voting, it meant that his methods were effective after all.
It wasn’t in vain that he had expended so much effort lately!
If these people had ‘seen the light’ at such a critical moment, coupled with the votes they had previously tallied, the likelihood of the bill passing had just grown by several notches!
“Hahaha, those Freemasons must have been grinning so hard just now, I’d like to see if they can still smile!”
“Haha yes, it’s a shame we can’t see their faces now!”
“No need to feel sorry, just look at Nancy on the stands and you’ll know!”
Hearing this high-ranking official’s words, everyone’s gaze promptly turned to the big screen.
Sure enough, even the old and calculating Nancy seemed a bit restless facing such an abrupt reversal of the situation; the confident expression that she had maintained previously was gradually darkening.
But speaking of which, Nancy on the stage was actually doing alright, considering that they were broadcasting live in front of the whole nation; it wouldn’t do to appear too flustered.
But the members of The Big Three Groups couldn’t contain themselves.
“Fake Yau, these goddamn unreliable bastards!”
“Damn, I knew David would definitely take action against our camp’s congressmen, now it’s really happened.”
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Seeing the vote count suddenly turn around, and even surge ahead by a large margin, with the damn traitorous votes from their own camp’s congressmen, many from The Big Three Groups were already throwing cups, pounding tables, and various other acts of venting their anger.
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As time advanced, the battle became increasingly intense.
At this moment, the vote count had reached 230.
There were 120 votes in support of passing the bill, holding the advantage overall.
As for the votes against, there were 110.
It’s worth mentioning that not a single vote was abstention.
It’s not that the Congressmen lacked the option to abstain; there was a deeper reason.
Congress is, after all, not like the United Nations.
The United Nations represents various countries; therefore, when a general assembly is called to vote on a matter, many nations choose to cast abstention votes. This is a common occurrence and not something to be criticized.
But in the America Congress, it’s different.
Why do the people elect you as a congressman?
They do so in order for you to exercise the powers of a congressman and thereby seek benefits for them.
Take this bill, for example. It’s a matter that affects thousands. Mine the fact whether you vote in favor or against; you must at least cast your vote, take a stand, to justify your job as a congressman.
If you decide to abstain, then what did the people elect you for?
Is it just to come here and abstain, to muddy the waters?
If that’s the case, then couldn’t anyone replace you to cast an abstention?
So, in short, voting for or against is a matter of stance, while abstaining represents negligence of duty.
That’s why with any bill, there are usually only votes for or against; as for abstentions that would affect their careers, very few legislators choose this option.
Lost in these thoughts, another ten minutes or so passed.
By then, the vote count displayed on the big screen had reached 400.
By coincidence, at this count, a tense situation had developed.
There were 202 votes in support of passing the bill, and 198 votes against, a marginal difference of four votes.
And only 35 votes remained.
In other words, any possibility could unfold next!
At the Internal Revenue Service side.
Following the initial ups and downs of the voting process, the meeting room once again was enveloped in a tense and heavy atmosphere.
Overall.
The voting had reached this point, and they seemingly held an advantage on the surface, maintaining a lead of two votes, but in reality, their situation wasn’t very optimistic.
You see, before the voting had even started, they had been in possession of a clear majority of 239 votes!