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There is a truth in federal politics——

No position is the best position!

If there was a man who held his own as firmly as he did his camp, he would never be on the stage of Congress!

What we need here is not a stickler, but a politician with a flexible bottom line!

The "confidants" who had previously vacillated because the speaker was about to resign and voted for the power that was about to come into their hands, immediately stopped swaying now.

They know Slem's influence better than anyone else, because Congress is responsible for annual federal financial allocations!

Without strong interference from the presidential office, Congress has a budget review committee responsible for reviewing various programs, and an appropriations committee responsible for actually appropriating the money.

Congress holds the power of national spending, which is one of the reasons why Congress is the highest stage of national politics!

No matter who you are, as long as you want to do something, whether it is for fame, profit, or really want to serve the people within your jurisdiction, you must have money!

The state government has state-level taxes and will withhold part of it, but this part cannot meet their needs for urban construction.

State government tax revenue can only account for 25% to 35% of total tax revenue, the rest is national taxes, and of course a small part of local taxes.

If a local government wants to develop rapidly, it must apply for budget upwards.

For example, when Senator Langdon was the mayor of Sabine, he once launched a low-cost apartment project.

Real estate developers and the city government jointly fund the construction of low-cost apartments with relatively complete supporting facilities. These low-cost apartments will be rented to poor people at extremely low prices.

Then twenty years later, the poor can buy out the property rights of the houses they live in at a very low price in one go, thus solving the problem that the poor cannot afford to rent a house.

However, real estate developers only contribute part of this project. The city hall also needs to invest some "municipal funds" for its development and maintenance, as well as the construction of accompanying facilities.

If the city hall provides this money itself, it will drag down the progress of other projects, so it can only apply for funds layer by layer.

After reviewing it step by step, the state government feels it is feasible and does not think the money is too much, then they can allocate the money to Senator Langdon.

But if the state government thinks that the money is... a bit too much and they are not willing to pay for it, then they will report it to Congress.

The probability of this is actually low, but it does exist.

At that time, Congress may send two or three members of the House of Representatives to come and conduct an on-site inspection and decide that this is indeed not a fraud on the national budget. Then, after several meetings, the money will be transferred to local administrative accounts.

No government agency at any level would be so stupid as to ask for a new budget from their superiors after draining all the money from their own pockets, so most of the time there are still a lot of applications from all over the country!

Congress controls the budget review and actual appropriations, that's why they speak so loudly!

That's why they are so interested in Slem!

Once they can control the tax revenue of Slem and even the entire state, they can completely separate this part of the money from the treasury in the name of "Special State Management Committee"!

It is too easy for an institution that can submit laws and vote on its own, and where most people have the same interests, to do this.

Even if they can do this now, it's another matter if Catherine ignores them.

They had tried to do that and failed, but now things have taken a turn for the better.

If Lynch is willing not to continue to support the governors of the special states, they may not be able to do what they want to do!

That's hundreds of millions or more a year, and in the future there will even be billions or tens of billions of tax revenue!

Those who hold the power of this huge tax expenditure are equivalent to being ahead of others!

The congressman who initially seemed concerned about the Speaker now had a sincere smile on his face, "We have worked together for so long, and I am relieved to hear that you have a good day."

Everyone knows that this sentence is hypocritical, but no one will burst the bubble of hypocrisy, because this is politics.

The Speaker knew it very well, and at the same time he was happy for Lynch's proposal and his decision. At least he didn't need to worry about these people treating him like nothing after he left office for a period of time.

He picked up a napkin and wiped his beard, "So we have to be consistent in our stance. Mr. Lynch recommended the team leader as his successor, and we all have a good experience working together."

"We have a basis for cooperation and understand each other very well, but we should stand together so that the whole process can be completed smoothly."

The change of power has never been as simple as he said, but that's all he can say.

The status of these people has changed again. They have determined that they can get more by not changing their position, and this benefit is continuous, so they will naturally not change their position.

The silence of these people at this time was actually waiting for Lynch to give them conditions.

They expressed in silence what good would you do to us if we did this.

Lynch took over the topic at the appropriate moment.

"I don't know much about politics, but I'm pretty good at investment..."

There was a smile on everyone's face, from civilians to the federal seventh economy. Lynch's "understanding" was no longer just superficial.

He talked about the development of Slem, some market changes, and especially how important a stable Congress is to the federation, to businessmen, and to the market!

"There is not much I can offer you. If you are interested in investing, we can find a time to chat privately."

"You will find that investing and making money is so simple!"

Lynch seemed to have said nothing, but seemed to have said everything. Only when order in Congress is stable can their investments make money.

The others neither nodded nor shook their heads, but continued to remain silent. This kind of words was not suitable for speaking too clearly.

Things like "I will give you money as long as you listen to me" will not happen to this class. They will not admit that it is a bribe, let alone agree to such a thing happening.

To put it simply, even if Lynch puts boxes of money into their trunk at this time, they will take it out and return it to Lynch.

The higher you go, the more you care about the "legality" of acquiring wealth, and these people who legislate have a good idea of ​​how to make money "legally".

Even if they only invested one yuan and got 100 million, that is also a matter of their investment vision.

Some people don't know much about it and listen to other people's investment experience, but they end up losing money when investing on their own.

In fact, it's not that those who have made money are wrong, it's just that they deliberately ignored some actual situations.

The next thing was very simple. They expressed their attitude, and the team leader just went to talk to them privately one by one with the benefits promised by Lynch.

The hunt ended in a very harmonious atmosphere. Everyone stayed in the camp overnight to get closer to nature. When Lynch got up the next day, these old men actually left early.

"How was the conversation last night?" Lynch sat at the outdoor dining table.

The people at the hunting ground brought some "special products", such as deer milk.

The federal dietary structure and farm and ranch breeding structure do not have the habit of raising large quantities of deer, so deer milk does not often appear on the tables of ordinary families.

Only some high-end restaurants serve deer milk.

There are deer herds raised in the hunting ground, and the deer milk is collected by them in the early morning.

Lynch wasn't used to drinking deer milk because its taste was hard to describe, but it was like a specialty of the hunting grounds.

You don’t have to drink it, but they won’t refuse it.

The team leader rubbed his face and sat not far from Lynch. He didn't know that the cup was deer milk, so he took a big sip after picking it up, and then weighed for a while between spitting it out and swallowing it.

Finally, he swallowed it with his eyes closed, and then placed the cup far away from himself.

"It's okay. Everyone else is very cooperative with our ideas except...he is the only exception."

The person mentioned by the team leader has his own ideas, or his request is not to get more money.

To Lynch, money is just a string of numbers. If he just wants money, Lynch can give him a lot.

But what this man wants is not money, but a candidate for Speaker.

The President of the Senate of the National Assembly is a full-time position, and logically there will be a deputy position, but it is obvious that there will not be any "Deputy Speaker" or "Assistant to the Speaker".

But indeed, there is indeed a deputy position, that is, candidate speaker.

Before the voting begins, everyone is a candidate for speaker. When someone gets more than 51% of the votes, that person becomes the speaker.

The speaker candidate who received the second highest number of votes among the unsuccessful speaker candidates at the same time is the candidate speaker.

The usual job of the candidate speaker is to help the speaker preside over the work of the Senate, and when the speaker is unable to preside over the work, he will fully take over the operation of the Congress as the "acting speaker".

This is a very special position. Generally speaking, if the speaker retires, the possibility of a candidate speaker becoming the speaker is very high.

Because other speaker candidates will not be higher than the candidate speaker in terms of work experience, personal connections and influence on Congress.

This is why the change of power between the speaker and group leader requires detailed planning.

Because if you are not careful, you may be replaced by the candidate speaker!

But now, this guy's idea is to get a higher congressional status, which is not an easy thing!

Because the number of candidates for Speaker is itself part of the deal in the entire power change plan, and it is also the most important part!

You have taken the Speaker, and you still want to take the Candidate Speaker. This is obviously unruly behavior!

People don't like excessive concentration of power in the hands of a certain person or group, so this idea was impossible to realize from the beginning!