American Tax Officer-Chapter 664 - 334: Battle in the Congress_2

Chapter 664: Chapter 334: Battle in the Congress_2

It both absorbed various interests and wills, thereby participating in public social affairs, making public decision-making and social governance more standardized and reasonable.

On the other hand,

It served as an institution that could alleviate social contradictions, reduce conflicts, maintain social stability, coordinate various forces, and promote diversification and democratization of public social activities.

As for the operating rules, they were quite simple.

In the legislative process in America,

A bill could only be submitted to Congress or local legislative bodies for consideration after being reviewed and agreed upon by the congressional or local legislative committees and the American executive branch.

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Therefore, legislative hearings were to be convened by committees of Congress or by America’s executive departments.

Once the relevant departments agreed to hold hearings, the information, including the time, place, topics, and rules of the public hearings, were announced to the media along with arrangements for participants and preparations of associated documents.

The hearings required a legal quorum to be convened.

Moreover, at the hearings, the lead representative of the hearing would first make a public statement, introducing the purpose, theme, and significance of the hearing.

Then, the introduction of witnesses followed by an oath-taking ceremony. When witnesses expounded their views, they could only make generalized statements, responding to questions posed by the hearing committee within a fixed five minutes.

Typically, after all witnesses had made their statements, the hearing could question the summoned witnesses.

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The entire hearing process had to be made public through broadcasting on radio, television, and the internet unless the content of the hearing related to national security or other confidential matters.

Overall, for a bill to be repealed or legislated, it had to go through the proposal and deliberation processes in the House of Representatives before reaching the voting stage.

However, if a proposal failed to pass deliberation, especially significant bills like the tax repeal bill, it would greatly damage the reputation of the House of Representatives.

After the deliberation had passed, holding a hearing first allowed them to see the results of the hearing and decide whether to proceed to the next stage based on the circumstances.

If the hearing proved beneficial for repealing the tax bill, it could naturally progress directly to deliberation and even the voting stage.

If not, it could be directly canceled, which would also spare the House of Representatives from further repercussions.

Langman frowned.

Although he believed he had enough votes to repeal the tax bill, Josh was still the House Whip, who held sway over the discipline of all members of the house.

If he really clashed with him, it could spell trouble at crucial moments if this guy resorted to underhanded tactics.

“Alright, since House Whip Josh insists on holding a hearing, let’s go ahead with it, but regarding the participants of the hearing… I think we should handle that part, is that alright?”

Langman eventually compromised.

Because after careful consideration, he realized that holding the hearing might not be entirely bad, at least if they achieved an overwhelming victory in the hearing, it could help sway some indecisive legislators to get involved.

“Okay, I agree!”

…

Internal Revenue Service, Conference Room.

While Obadiah and David, among other executives, were still discussing strategies, one of Obadiah’s assistants came in, whispered to him for a moment, and then turned on the large-screen television.

On the screen was a scene from Congress, and soon a spokesman from Congress stepped into the spotlight and said, “Hello everyone, I am Peter, the spokesman for the House of Representatives. After our chamber’s discussion, the proposal to repeal the tax bill has been passed by our chamber. We will hold a hearing in two days. Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service please come forward to make statements. Then, we will decide whether to proceed to deliberation and even to the voting stage…”

Hearing the spokesman’s words, everyone present fell into a contemplative state.

They had previously thought that since Freemasonry had been planning for so long, they would definitely push the repeal of this law into the deliberation stage right from the start.

Surprisingly, after the proposal was passed, a hearing was to be held first.

But then again, this so-called hearing could also be seen as a preliminary ‘trial’ for the Internal Revenue Service.

As long as the Internal Revenue Service couldn’t withstand the assault from the members at the hearing, the IRS would be in a very passive situation.

And the impeachment process would immediately proceed to congressional deliberation and the voting phase.

Then, repealing the dark tax bill would become much easier!

“Freemasonry just wants to crush us from the start; they definitely don’t want such a drag. So, I think this hearing must have been proposed by some bigwigs in the House who are afraid of being implicated,” Buckynison said.

“Mmm, Donald, you make sense, but that’s not necessarily a good thing for us,” Obadiah said, nodding in agreement. Then he turned to David and asked, “Chief Inspector David, what do you think?”

“I’ll go and make some arrangements first.”

David had been preparing for the bill deliberation before, and this sudden hearing had disrupted his rhythm.

Fortunately, he still had two days to prepare, which should be enough time to handle it.

After returning to his office, David immediately took out his phone to dial Deputy Director Elvis’s number and said, “Deputy Director Elvis, you must know about some congressmen wanting to repeal our dark tax bill, right?”

“I just received some information. What about it, Chief Inspector David?”

“I want you to help me find out who will be attending the hearing. That shouldn’t be difficult for the CIA, right?”

The hearing and the committee to repeal the dark tax bill were different.

The composition of the hearing was picked by the House itself. He needed to know who would attend so that he could target them effectively.

“It’s not hard, exactly. Okay, I’ll help you check!”

“Better be quick, you know I don’t have much time.”

“I understand…”

After hanging up, just to be safe, David also called Gavin from the FBI to ask him to use FBI channels to get a list of the hearing attendees.

Given Gavin’s prominence in the news corporation incident, he naturally agreed to the request right away.

With these two major agencies doing the investigation, David felt somewhat relieved, but he wasn’t going to sit idle either. He also called Buckynison Simmons to his office and sent them to gather some information.

The next day, shortly after David arrived at the office, he received news of Elvis’s arrival and immediately had him brought to the office.

“Hey, Chief Inspector David, I just happened to be on duty during your promotion celebration dinner last time and couldn’t attend to congratulate you. You’re not holding it against me, are you?”

As soon as he entered, Elvis showed a trace of a smile.

“How could I bother about such a trifle, and moreover, that dinner was a bit of a mess for me too.”

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“Ah, those Angsa people always think they own America, so they are not easy to serve…”

Being the head of intelligence at the CIA, it was no wonder Elvis knew what happened at the dinner, showing a bit of helplessness.

“Let’s not talk about that anymore. Did you come to see me this early because you have some progress on the matter I asked you to handle?”

Elvis took out a folded paper from his inner pocket and placed it in front of David, saying, “Actually, you didn’t need to bother those FBI guys, after all, this kind of thing is our forte!”

His tone carried a hint of pride.

David narrowed his eyes and said, “You knew about this?”

“Don’t get me wrong, Chief Inspector David. I wouldn’t dare to eavesdrop or surveil you. Just that in the course of investigating, it’s inevitable that both sides might end up looking into similar places.”

Worried that David might misunderstand, Elvis quickly wiped off his smile and explained.

David didn’t bother with small talk anymore and picked up the paper to read it.