American Tax Officer

Chapter 897: Chapter 449: Overwhelming Approval! _2

Senado Island.

Unlike the Angsa people who were in a spectating mood and the Illuminati, at this moment, Henrietta, Joshua, and the others had gloomy expressions that could drip ink, and the scene was as silent as death.

“Bang!”

Just then, a loud noise startled everyone present and also made Henrietta and Joshua turn their heads.

At this moment, Schiff was grinding his teeth angrily and said fiercely, “We spent billions on this assassination and lost many people, but why did it fail? I suspect there is a traitor among us!”

Upon hearing the word “traitor”, Joshua and others couldn’t help but glance at each other.

After deciding to make a desperate move last time, they had planned for several days, and the plan finally started yesterday.

Unexpectedly, just when they thought everything was well arranged, something incredible happened.

Their assassins, equipment, surveillance personnel, all the high technology… every deployment had vanished as if evaporated from the earth, completely unreachable!

Remember, the last time they attempted to assassinate David, their plan was quite crude, yet still, at least the bomb in David’s room was detonated.

This time, however, they had made meticulous plans and used many resources at great cost, yet there was no sound at all, which was incredibly frustrating.

“Schiff, your words are quite severe. Now David controls major intelligence agencies like the FBI, CIA, NSA. It’s possible that these intelligence institutions intercepted and cut off our actions!”

The Sect Leader of the Zart Family expressed his view,

and frankly, although their plan was thorough this time, he didn’t hold much hope for success.

After all, David controlled so many intelligence departments; if they had succeeded, it would’ve been nothing short of divine intervention.

Failure was to be expected.

“Even if he controls many intelligence agencies, it can’t be so silent! Moreover, our arranged people and tools were dismantled clearly, and the most outrageous thing is that all of this happened at the same exact time. If this isn’t due to a mole leaking information, I wouldn’t believe it!”

Schiff still insisted on his opinion.

This time, the Sect Leader of the Zart Family did not contradict him anymore. As for Henrietta, Joshua, and the others, although they did not directly oppose, their faces carried a hint of confusion.

In fact, besides Schiff, many among them had also speculated about a possible traitor on their side, but they didn’t know who specifically, making it difficult to openly discuss.

“Heh, this time we are staking our lives, maybe someone used this as leverage to negotiate with David?”

The previous statements were tolerable, but when Schiff said this, the seven people present all showed significant changes in their expressions.

Indeed, they were staking their lives this time, and it was about an assassination, which absolutely provided a bargaining chip for negotiations with David.

Among them, perhaps there really was someone who, in order to save themselves, betrayed this operation, causing the plan to fail!

“Alright, let’s not doubt ourselves without evidence. The House of Congress session has started!”

Although Henrietta also wanted to know who the traitor was if there really was one, he had no evidence at the moment and couldn’t just lash out, so he had to shift his attention to the big screen.

In the House of Congress, all the members had taken their seats by now.

And at this moment, Josh finally walked through the aisle and came to the podium.

In last year’s mid-term election, Nancy, having announced she wouldn’t run again, had stepped down.

And Josh, the former House Whip who had supported David on the foreign tax avoidance bill, was supported by David in return, placing him in the esteemed position of Speaker of the House.

This was Josh’s first time presiding over such an important bill vote since becoming the Speaker of the House, so his mood was somewhat excited.

After adjusting, he leaned into the microphone and loudly said: “Ahem… Good morning, colleagues, today this chamber will hold the voting session for the ‘Federal Reserve Nationalization Bill’. Alright, since this bill has passed through the committee’s review and various improvement processes, I won’t say more, the voting now officially begins!”

As he finished speaking, the vote counts also appeared on the electronic voting screen.

The drafter of the Offshore Tax Avoidance Bill, Church, along with his party members, all cast their votes in favor, quickly bringing the vote count to 8.

And his vote was like sounding the charge, prompting state congressmen to cast their votes in favor in large numbers.

In just two minutes, the number of votes in favor of the bill had already surpassed 150, and it was still rising.

Another minute passed, and at this moment the electronic voting system displayed 210, 211, 212…218 votes!

The House of Congress has a total of 435 seats; securing 218 votes means the bill is successfully passed.

And now, the Federal Reserve Nationalization Bill, almost as if unstoppable, had just surpassed the 218-vote mark.

It finally stopped at 326 votes.

“That’s great, the Federal Reserve Nationalization Bill has passed, and with such a high number of votes too!”

“I thought it would be good enough if this bill passed the House, but I didn’t expect it to pass with a supermajority of 326 votes, it’s unbelievable!”

“Wait, during most voting sessions in the House, the votes are usually evenly distributed, it’s rare to see such a high lead in votes, especially regarding something as significant as the nationalization of the Federal Reserve, there must be something we ordinary citizens don’t know about!”

“Yes, the Federal Reserve Nationalization Bill certainly involves the global economy, but did so many congressmen really reach a consensus on nationalizing it?”

Seeing the Federal Reserve Nationalization Bill easily break through the House, the public online immediately stirred up heated discussions.

Some people were happy about the passage of the bill, but there were also some bewildered citizens who found it strange, as in their view, this bill shouldn’t have received such an overwhelming number of votes.

Of course, what they didn’t know was all the work David had put into this bill for over a year, otherwise, they wouldn’t have found it strange!

“Nice!”

“Nice!”

Internal Revenue Service conference room.

Although it was clear that the bill would certainly pass, the likes of Obadiah and Welton Heng could not hide their excitement when it actually happened.

Nationalizing the Federal Reserve isn’t just about bringing this institution under state ownership; it also brings it under the supervision of the Internal Revenue Service.

Imagine how much tax revenue they could collect in the future?

Definitely much more than from the Offshore Tax Avoidance Bill!

White House.

“Hahaha, Kennedy oh Kennedy, do you see? What you couldn’t do, I have done, and from now on my historical ranking is surely going to be above yours!”

Inside the President’s Office, Trump also burst into laughter after seeing the bill pass the House of Congress.

Back then, President Kennedy only had this idea and floated the rumor, but he died before he could truly get started.

Now, under his administration, not only has this bill been drafted, but it has also passed the House.

Just from this point of comparison, Trump was confident in surpassing Kennedy.

But while he may be more prominent now, to truly place his historical status above that of Kennedy, he still needs this bill to be successfully legislated!

Of course, given the current situation, it’s only a matter of time!