Chapter 1185: How to Punish Traitors

After the president is sworn in, it is the adjustment of congressional seats, which must be completed before February. In other words, each state has begun to prepare for the congressional election.

This is a big event, and its importance is no worse than the presidential election.

As the federal supreme governing body that can confront the presidential palace, the importance of members of Congress in the hearts of the public sometimes exceeds that of the presidential election.

The reason is very simple. You voted for the president, the president cannot walk to your side to listen to the trouble you encountered, they will not even walk to your side!

But senators, representatives, these people, as members of Congress born from local direct elections, they come from the local area and will naturally pay more attention to some problems in the local area.

Often people can see similar news in the newspapers, some senator or some representative talking to some problem groups about how to effectively solve the predicament they encountered.

This is the main way for members of Congress to continuously obtain votes, including Senator Cleveland. Every year he will take some time to return to the election place to participate in some political activities and to set about solving some problems encountered by the public.

Only in this way, when voting next time, people will vote for him, not for others.

The congressional seats are facing adjustment, and he also has to return to his local area to pull votes or something.

Of course, before that, he also had to participate in the internal high-level meeting held by the Shehui Party Committee to discuss how to resist the Ziyou Party's attack in the next few years.

People who can participate in such a high-level party meeting are basically people with great power.

Governors, senators, representatives, and some party high-level members.

Senator Cleveland sat in his seat, listening to what the committee chairman said, but his mind was thinking about other things.

The content of the entire meeting was actually known to him in advance. As a banner figure in the Shehui Party, some decisions within the Shehui Party would also be discussed with him before being announced.

This is the reason why people continuously pursue higher power. They don't want to be people judged by fate, but to judge the fate of others!

After the meeting was almost over, the committee chairman announced the adjournment, and he clicked the names of Senator Cleveland and several others. "You stay, go to my office."

Other people participating in the meeting showed some curious expressions, but did not investigate deeply. There are also many factions within the party. In the years after the Hu Si, when the Ziyou Party did not pose any threat to the Shehui Party, the main struggle of the Shehui Party was within the party.

The cruelty of the struggle between factions within the party is no less than the struggle between the Ziyou Party and the Shehui Party now.

But with the victory of the Ziyou Party this time, the Shehui Party has united again, which shows that external pressure is an important factor in determining whether the internal is stable.

Senator Cleveland packed up his things and came to the committee chairman's office. He sat in the most prominent position in the front. This is his right.

After the others sat down, they also talked about some things that happened recently, and were more curious about what the committee chairman was looking for them to do.

"Jiefu, what do you think he has to say to us?" The person who spoke was another senator. He sat not far from Senator Cleveland. From the seating, he was the person with the second highest status here after Senator Cleveland.

The senator took out a cigarette and lit one for himself. "I don't know, it's nothing more than related to the changes in the seats next, after all, this is the most important thing for us."

The general election has ended, and the president has also been sworn in. Basically, there is no chance to change anything.

If they cannot stabilize at least one house of Congress, then the Shehui Party can only be said to be a comprehensive defeat.

"According to our previous calculations, we have at least sixteen seats in Congress, which has exceeded 33 percent."

"As long as we unite here, even if they put pressure on us together, they cannot constitute a majority."

"And we can also win over the Federal Party and the Labor Party. Especially the Labor Party, they gave the electoral votes to the Ziyou Party this time, although it is not a decisive change, it represents that they can trade."

Senator Cleveland saw it very thoroughly. "The scale and volume of the Labor Party are too small. If they don't rely on us or the Ziyou Party, it is difficult to make a strong voice, and you know the situation of the Labor Union and the General Union very well."

"As long as the price is right, they are willing to sell themselves for a good price!"

The gentlemen in the room all laughed softly. The Labor Union, the General Union, these worker organizations are actually not pure.

They have always been using the influence they can manipulate workers to do business with capitalists and the government.

From the surface, they are on the side of the workers, but in fact, many benefits eventually entered their own pockets.

The most intuitive performance is the high-level of the Labor Union, and the high-level of the General Union of all walks of life. Many of them are full-time personnel. They have no other work, nor do they operate any other business, but the wealth they possess is far beyond their work income level!

Just like the chairman of the Dock Workers General Union, he is a full-time staff member. He has no other industry. His income is about four or five hundred dollars a month.

It seems that it is not small, but think about the villa he lives in, the luxury car he drives, and the enjoyment that is obviously not in line with his income. It is clear that he also used his work and influence to obtain a large amount of extra benefits.

This situation is very common. After all, this is the federal government, a place where capital is infiltrated. If anyone can't do this, it is not normal.

Then the capitalists will find ways to move this stone away from his position.

In such a big environment, wanting to find a person who does not take black money, does not take bribes, and does not participate in job-related crimes and fraud is almost impossible!

The impression of the bottom society on these organizations, the Labor Union, and the General Union is completely two extremes from the impression of these high-level people on them.

Just about to continue chatting, the committee chairman walked in from the outside, followed by a senator. "Sorry, let you wait for a while, I just had some things to explain."

He walked to his seat and sat down, then signaled the senator who came in with him to find a seat. "You should all know."

Senator Cleveland glanced at the person and nodded. "Congress is just so big, we must know, what happened?"

The committee chairman poked his mouth, signaling the senator who came in later to say it himself.

"The thing is like this, you all know, I come from Denuozhou. According to the truth, the state government should submit the candidate list for both houses, after all, the election will start in the middle of the month."

"Before this, we will have an internal meeting to discuss internally who will put the list up this time."

Everyone nodded one after another, because this is a "tacit behavior", and it is also another feature of the federal government, manipulating elections.

"So?" Senator Cleveland flicked the cigarette ash. He already had a guess in his heart.

This senator from Denuozhou said, "Wei De, that is our governor, submitted a candidate list to the legislature for review, which has two Ziyou Party candidates."

The words stopped here, and the entire room was exceptionally quiet. Everyone's expression was changing subtly.

Senator Cleveland already understood the other party's meaning. "So, Governor Wei De, has betrayed us!"

He turned to look at the committee chairman. "Did he come to the meeting today?"

Generally, January after the general election is the time for the two cabinets and the federal government to hand over work. Plus it is the beginning of the New Year, basically party high-level members will gather in Jincheng to hold a meeting.

The Federal Shehui Party Committee Congress, or the Federal Shehui Party Representative Congress, these two meetings are very important, determining the development direction and response methods of the Shehui Party in the next few years.

The development time of the three southern states is later than that of the north, and they all belong to the states under the influence of the Shehui Party. These three states are stable Shehui Party territories.

Suddenly appearing a guy who sounded an alarm in such a "rear area" is indeed a bit caught off guard.

If Governor Wei De came, call him over, and everyone will talk.

The committee chairman shook his head. "Just now I have already asked, he did not participate in this meeting of ours, but he sent a representative. A representative can't ask anything core, I didn't keep him."

Another senator frowned and said, "This is a statement."

Everyone's face is not very good-looking. The "swing" of a governor will make them want to grasp the sixteen seats somewhat contrary to their wishes. This has already lost a seat.

Originally the Shehui Party obtained the support of eight states, which is sixteen senators. As long as these sixteen senators can stabilize, hold together for warmth, then in fact, although they lost the majority, they also did not let the other party become the majority.

Before, the Ziyou Party retreated comprehensively because they only had ten seats in Congress, unable to prevent the Shehui Party from becoming the majority after uniting with the Federal Party. Facing the Shehui Party's proposal, whether they vote or not is not very meaningful.

However, the internal struggle of the Shehui Party was also relatively fierce at that time. Although they mastered the majority of seats in Congress, many times they could not necessarily pass.

In Congress, more than 66.6 percent, which is the "majority" of senators voting in favor, a proposal can be passed, which is thirty-one.

But if sixteen people oppose, then even if the other twenty-nine people vote in favor, it cannot be passed.

Now the Shehui Party's strategy is to firmly hold these sixteen seats, and have a basic disk for confrontation when facing the Ziyou Party.

But Governor Wei De messed up like this, it will inevitably lose a seat. The Shehui Party can only get fifteen seats here, and even fifteen seats are not necessarily, maybe only fourteen, thirteen, or even less.

Ghost knows how the Ziyou Party contacted them, and what they promised, making the governor of the Shehui Party camp jump back directly.

The committee chairman said at this time, "So, I think we need to discuss how to solve this problem."

Senator Cleveland pursed his lips. "Ask someone to call Lans and call him over."

"Lans?" A governor said with some confusion, "That gang leader?"

"Can he change anything?"

The governor who spoke is located in the central region of the federal government, and is also a place where the Ziyou Party camp has a strong influence. The purpose of the committee chairman calling him over is a warning and a reminder.

"His role is very large." The committee chairman increased his tone. "You can't always look at him as a gang leader. He is not the same thing as those gangs we know."

He then asked someone to call. The Capitol building is not very far from the city center. After Lans received the call, he rushed over.

After more than ten minutes, after Lans sorted out his dress, he entered the office of the Shehui Party Committee chairman.

He saw seven or eight gentlemen in the office, and politely greeted them with smiles on their faces.

"Sit by my side." Senator Cleveland sat on the chair and turned to greet him, then pointed to an empty chair beside him. Lans nodded and walked over to sit down.

"Do you know Wei De?"

"That is Governor Wei De of Denuozhou."

Lans nodded and said, "Know, he has lived in Jincheng Port and is a municipal councilor of Jincheng Port."

"The mayor at that time was Sidney, he was a person from Denuozhou, because of some reasons...", Lans paused here, these reasons he was not very good to say.

Because this matter is essentially a decision of the Shehui Party's middle and high level, Senator Cleveland obviously also knows this matter. He explained, "The Laizhou Representative Committee believes that Jincheng Port is controlled by local forces, and the state government's influence on that side is insufficient, so Sidney, who did well in Denuozhou, was transferred over."

"They wanted to use Sidney's outstanding means to rescue Jincheng Port from the influence of the Williams family and the Wei De family, but eventually failed."

Lans nodded. "Yes, failed."

"Later Sidney found an opportunity. He used some means and connections to make the Shehui Party Committee and representatives of Denuozhou agree to nominate Wei De as a candidate for governor, and took the Wei De family out of Jincheng Port."

"Of course, Sidney didn't take Jincheng Port in the end. Now the mayor is Mayor Williams."

Most of the people here have heard some of this matter, but it is not so detailed. After all, it is just a small friction at the level of mayor and municipal councilor. They would not pay attention to it at all on weekdays.

The committee chairman nodded. "I probably understand. What do you think of this person Wei De?"

Lans almost didn't consider it and said his point of view. "A human scum."

The gentlemen in the room were stunned for a moment, and then all laughed.

"Not bad, very sharp and accurate evaluation, he is a human scum."

"We have encountered a small trouble now. He did something that hurt the interests of the Shehui Party. We are considering how to deal with him."

The committee chairman said this matter very directly, and Senator Cleveland also nodded and said, "He thinks he can be worth a good price, we want him to pay the price, you know him better than us, is there any way to make him understand that he did something wrong?"

Lans thought about it. "I have some evidence in my hand, about the evidence of Governor Wei De soliciting and hurting call girls during his time in Jincheng Port, but I think its effect on him is limited."

"First, time has passed for a long time, it may not constitute effective evidence. The people who died, died, disappeared, disappeared, only these simple evidence is difficult to convict him."

"In addition, this requires a long time to investigate, and it is difficult to produce results immediately."

Senator Cleveland's eyebrows were tightly grabbed together. "Then we have no way at all?"

Lans also took out his silver gemstone cigarette case and took one out. "He is a very greedy person. I also have some business in Denuozhou, wine business."

Everyone's performance is different, but basically they didn't really take this matter to heart.

The so-called "Prohibition" is nothing more than a large-scale social experiment of the federal high-level. Whether it is successful or not is actually irrelevant to them.

And this is the value of Congress. Even if it is an outrageous proposal, as long as they think they can try it, there is a possibility of passing it, and then affecting the entire federal people.

"He is greedy for my profit. Originally we had a relatively good cooperative relationship before, but because he wanted to get more profit from my hands, we talked about it."

"We can try his greed for profit and make a trap for him."

"He wants more money, I give it to him, and then follow this money to catch him out."

The gentlemen in the room are seriously considering. Although Lans said it very simply, this matter is actually not simple. First, it is necessary to prove that the income of this money is illegal, and then it is necessary to prove that Governor Wei De solved what problem for Lans through this money.

Only in this way can he be brought down.

It is not so easy for Congress to deal with the governor. There must be reasonable, reasonable, and legal reasons and excuses to move against them.

Soon, the committee chairman made a decision. "You can try it. It is better than waiting for the worst thing to happen now, isn't it?"

"It doesn't have to be him falling down. It is also acceptable to let him understand the price and lesson."

Lans raised a question at this time. "But what if he is determined to stand with the Ziyou Party?"

"Potter can sign a pardon. If Wei De goes directly to Potter to ask for help, completely leans towards Potter, and Potter signs a pardon, we can't do anything about him either."

"After all, they have already found Wei De. If Wei De is willing to go further, they may not necessarily not accept him."

Senator Cleveland asked thoughtfully. "What do you think?"

Lans licked his lips. "If he had an accident..." ===== CHAPTER 1186 =====