blackstone code

Chapter 1657 A little bit worse

Every minute and every second here, there are various variables.

Capital, politics, there are no honest people, and there will be no honest people!
Everyone will say "hello" to you on the surface, but you will never know what they think in their hearts!

Maybe they mean it.

Maybe they mean it!

After some extremely boring content was quickly ended, under the chairmanship of the Speaker, the entire Congress began to nominate the 24-member list.

Senator Landon was given a nomination form that any member of Congress could fill out.

There are [-] nominations for senators and six nominations for representatives, all of which can be filled in, or some can be vacant.

He held the pen and looked at the people around him. Some people sensed his gaze and smiled and nodded at him.

Most of them are filling out the form with their heads down.

His heart was beating a little violently, he hesitated for a moment, and filled in his name and the members of his small faction.

Soon someone took his form.

During the counting process, there will be a break of about ten minutes, and he hastily left his seat, walked to the small group members, and whispered to them.

Encouragement, motivation, and a touch of authoritative warning!

"We will succeed, no one can stop us!"

After encouraging the members of the small group, he returned to his place.

A few minutes later, a total of more than 70 members of Congress were nominated to be members of the Standing Committee to be fully responsible for the reconstruction of Mariro.

In the Commonwealth, a member of Congress can sit on multiple committees, but no one takes on too many jobs, or conflicting jobs.

For example, the members of the Industrial Promotion Committee will not consider competing for the positions of committee members related to the environment, because there are conflicts in the content of their work.

If one is not handled well, the work of both parties will not be done well, not to mention, and it will attract some bad reviews for myself.

At the same time, people will not find too many jobs for themselves. The status of committee members is not always the same. Once Congress thinks that a committee member can no longer handle the work at hand, it will launch a vote to cancel the membership status. Choose again.

The more important committee members are, the more often they focus on the work of a certain committee, not more.

From the candidates provided so far, a few have served as committee members, and some have not.

Senator Langdon himself is a member of the Environmental Committee. When he was a member of the House of Representatives, he traveled around the country every day to deal with the issue of chemical emissions!
If Lynch hadn't supported him behind his back, he would have been used as an outcast and thrown out!

After all, the question of managing industrial emissions is a difficult decision in itself.

If he is biased towards the common people, then there is no doubt that he will offend the capitalists, because when he is on the common people's side, his enemies are those big factories and big capitalists.

But if he is on the side of the capitalists, he will lose the foundation of the people, and people will be dissatisfied with the ineffectiveness of his work.

This is a very interesting phenomenon in the Federation. The upper class of society firmly controls everything that is closely related to the lives of the people. At the same time, the way they obtain and maintain power depends on the people to a certain extent.

This has led them to cater to the public, at least on the surface.

The best in this regard is the Federal President.

They can always find topics that are very suitable for the interests of the people, and then cut into them, quickly gaining the support of the people, and thus gaining a huge support rate.

Senator Langdon also chose to gain public opinion, and he hopes he can go further.

If it weren't for Lynch, Senator Landon would have been screwed long ago when he was a member of the House of Representatives.

If he succeeds in getting this new job, he will lose his other jobs, which is an improvement.

Next, it's time to vote.

Everyone has to vote for everyone by secret ballot, and finally rank according to the number of votes.

Of course, if anyone strongly opposes someone taking this job, they can stand up, this is the temple of freedom.

The dull process was not very pleasant. Senator Langdon lit a cigarette.

Not only him, many people lit a cigarette at this time.

So far, the Commonwealth Medical Group has not found any evidence that smoking causes death.

This has nothing to do with the large amount of money that the tobacco group sponsors the medical group every year. There is also no evidence to prove that there is any connection between them, and it is just an isolated incident.

In addition, most of the current patriarchal society has a preference for smoking, and there is no smoking ban in the Federation.

At least if there is, it will be difficult to pass through Congress.

For members of Congress, there is nothing more comfortable than lighting a cigarette when you are nervous!
The staff increased the rate of ventilation in the hall so that a large amount of smoke would not accumulate here.

Senator Langdon looked elsewhere, and he didn't actually think he was going to fall off the list.

Senators, after all, are a minority!
Moreover, senators who meet the status quo and can directly start working are even a minority of the minority.

The time of torment always seemed very long. He smoked one cigarette after another. It was not until more than half an hour later that the big list was counted and sent to the speaker.

He looked down a few times, basically not exceeding his judgment.

Since the work content of the reconstruction committee is very important to the capitalists, the number of senators will be relatively large when it is formed.

It's like those committees on budget appropriations, most of which are always senators, not representatives.

It's the same this time.

Eighteen people were selected for this list, and after he confirmed it, people began to read it out.

The first to be read were the six members of the House of Representatives.

Here, their work is equivalent to running errands.

Saying this may be a bit demeaning to members of Congress, but it is the truth.

Representatives are running errands in various committees, and their value is to reflect the dignity of senators!
But even so, the six congressmen selected for the big list still showed uncontrollable ecstasy.

It is true that their opinions are not very important in the work of the committee, but they are members of the committee after all.

Sometimes what they need to do is not to decide the final result of something, but to pass some news to the big capitalists behind them in a timely manner.

Moreover, their ability to stand out from the crowd is also the efforts of the capital behind them.

Next, is the list of senators.

Senator Langdon took a deep breath, couldn't help but lit another cigarette, and sat back with his legs crossed.

One name after another was pronounced, until the last one was still missing him, he was a little surprised.

Even if he is not as good as the top ten, can he not be as good as the last eight?
It wasn't just him who was stunned, but others as well.

Soon there are calls for a review of the votes, which is the most common occurrence in Congress.

When some votes are not as expected by some people, they will feel that someone is cheating, and checking the number of votes is a common method.

Soon afterward, the results of the recount came out. Because it was a secret ballot, no one knew who voted, but everyone could see the number of votes under nomination.

Senator Langdon ranked No. 20 seven, there are nine people ahead of him, he received a total of... nineteen votes.

He wanted to curse, obviously, there was a traitor in their small group, and someone backstabbed him.

If he can get more than 25 votes, he can at least be in the top [-], which also means that some things are more maneuverable.

His eyes swept over those people in the small group one by one, and everyone acted like him, full of shock!
No wonder people always say that politicians don't necessarily need to master any superb political skills, as long as they can act.

And everyone here is more of an actor than a politician.

After confirming that no one had questions about the vote itself, the speaker closed the questions related to the vote.

But this is not the final result, because everyone knows that they still have one last chance, a chance to trade, before announcing the roster of the Mariello Reconstruction Committee!

After coming out of the Capitol, Senator Langdon got into the car with a cold face. Now he has no way to find out who didn't vote for him.

He couldn't find this person, and plain suspicion would make some things get out of control!
He had to discuss it with Lynch first.

It was already after lunch break when Lynch knew about it.

Needless to say, the value of the committee, whether it is bidding or making a decision, if there is no one in it, it will definitely not be able to compete with other capital forces.

This is like those private universities in the federal government. Good learning (bidding scheme) is not the only criterion, and sometimes versatility (having your own talents) is the key to success.

Every year, there are always some people who are able to clean the table, cook, sing, tell jokes and other funny reasons, and get into various prestigious universities with poor grades.

However, those students with fairly good grades were directly rejected because of "lack of social experience".

This is no joke, this is reality.

After listening to Senator Langdon's speculation, Lynch calmly comforted him, "Don't worry too much, we still have some time, and we can do a lot of things during this time."

"First of all, we have to talk to the people in front of us, are they willing to reach some agreements with us?"

"I have always believed in one truth..."

"As long as the interests are the same, there is a possibility of compromise!"

"Go and contact the people in front of you first!"

"See what they think."

After hanging up the phone, Lynch curled his lips. In fact, this result was not too unexpected. It could even be said that he had foreseen the failure of Senator Langdon!

From the very beginning, he knew that the matter of setting up the committee and the big list this time would not be so easy!

(End of this chapter)