Blackstone Code Chapter 895: It’s all about work
As representatives of the Department of Defense and the military waited for Lynch to get up, Congressman Langdon was already in the Capitol.
He is waiting for a senator, a key member of the Military Appropriations Committee, a senator in Congress.
Lynch's "list" has been stuck here, even if Mr. President approved a sum of money for Lynch with his own privilege, Congress is still stuck here.
The use of prerogatives by the president is the prerogative of the president. If the president can use prerogatives to compromise the various committees of Congress, then these committees will no longer need to exist.
And the money approved by Mr. President's privilege will eventually be reviewed by a separate committee to review the content.
Only approved grants of privilege are appropriate.
If they deem it inappropriate, the size of the president's fiscal prerogative will be scaled back in the coming year.
A lot of times, some countries think that this set of federal rules is ... difficult to describe.
Being president here must be as uncomfortable as eating shit, because even if you become president, there are many people and things that can restrain the president.
Congress is the most typical example, as well as the ruling party committees and party leaders. These people can affect the power of the president, which is why many people feel that it is not interesting to be the president in the federation.
But they don't know that the purpose of being president in the federation may sometimes not be for power, but for money.
Like Congressman Langdon at this time, as a member of the House of Representatives, he is doing things that have nothing to do with his job.
"...Senator!"
In just a short while, he saw one of the core members of the Military Appropriation Committee and immediately greeted him.
The senator doesn't seem to even have time to stop and shake his hand, and of course he doesn't appear to be that blunt.
"Sorry, I can't get my hands free right now." He was holding a briefcase in his left hand and a cup of coffee in his right hand. He really had no hand to shake Congressman Langdon's hand, and for good reason.
"It's okay,...Senator, I want to talk to you." Senator Langdon followed closely by the senator, who didn't stop, but continued striding toward the elevator .
Senators and Representatives...you can't say there is a gap or a class difference between them, it's just that the Senators have more power relatively speaking.
The authority classifies people and assigns different labels. Compared with the House of Representatives, the Senator is just a little bit better-
In at least three hundred years of federal history, no president has come from the House of Representatives, which is enough to prove who is above and who is below.
The people in the elevator saw a senator approaching, and they opened the closing elevator door, greeted the senator with a smile, and waited for him to come in.
There are a lot of people in the small space in the elevator, which is not suitable for chatting, especially those more special topics.
After waiting for the elevator to open and close a few times, Senator Langdon left the elevator with the Senator.
This is the upper floors of the Capitol, where all the senators have their own offices.
"Mr. Senator, those things I mentioned to you last time..."
"What kind of aircraft are you talking about?" the Senator asked casually as he walked.
Congressman Langdon said yes.
Mr. Senator smiled and handed Senator Langdon his coffee and briefcase in front of a door, then took out his key and opened the door.
It used to be thought that there were so many members in the Capitol that if each member had three or five secretaries, there would be at least hundreds, if not thousands, of secretaries serving those people.
This is a shameless waste of taxes paid by taxpayers, a disgrace to taxpayers, and a disgrace to the country!
So under the boiling public opinion, the Capitol adopted a public secretary system, with one secretary's office on each floor, and ten secretaries in each office, who were responsible for the daily work of all members of the entire floor.
This is obviously a piece of nonsense. Members of Congress have to contact a lot of confidential documents every day, and they involve different fields. It is impossible for them to hand over these work to those public secretaries, so they don't need secretaries at all. .
The secretary's office is there. There are always ten people. Their job is to clean up every day, and help everyone to take take-out when necessary - there is no coffee shop in the Capitol.
If they don't want bad coffee, they have to order takeout.
This is also the reason why many members are reluctant to work here. It is too inconvenient.
Opening the door, Senator and Senator Langdon walked in in tandem, and while opening the curtains and windows, Senator said, "We don't rate airplanes as high as you might think."
"You know, every year many people sell worthless things to the Ministry of Defense. After all, the Ministry of Defense is not an institution specialized in scientific research, and their knowledge of some cutting-edge technologies is basically zero."
"It also makes them feel that many projects are valuable and meaningful, but they are not."
"Our job...", he packed up and stood in front of his chair, "... to avoid wasting taxpayer money on unnecessary budget spending, you know me mean?"
He reached out, took the coffee mug and briefcase from Senator Langdon's hands, and sat down.
Congressman Langdon tried to say something, but was stopped.
"I know that you and Lynch are from the same place, and I am willing to give you some convenience within a reasonable range. After all, we are all colleagues, but you can't take this kind of obvious..."
He shook his head and threw the two documents he took out of his briefcase on the table with a "pop" sound.
"...do you understand what I mean?"
The two looked at each other for a moment before Congressman Langdon finally had to nod, "I think I get it."
Mr. Senator smiled immediately, "Look, it's not difficult, do you have anything else to do?"
"If not, remember to close the door for me when you leave."
Representative Langdon nodded again and turned to leave.
Looking at the closed door, Mr. Senator shook his head.
Of course he knows that the plane is valuable, otherwise Mr. President would not be able to give special approval, but this does not mean that he also agrees with Mr. President's idea and votes for it.
Of course, he is not unwilling to get a little money from Senator Langdon and Lynch, but the supporters behind him hope to continue to block Lynch in this matter.
Even if you still have to pass it in the end, you can delay it for a while longer.
The advent of Lynch's aircraft immediately made the domestic military industry group realize that the pattern of military equipment in the future is about to change. After the aircraft has solved its biggest drawbacks, the rest are advantages.
Before anyone else noticed this, Lynch had already solved the problem and showed that he had come up with a test machine. If the budget for him was passed, it would seem that others would not have time to catch up.
In fact, it's too late for them now, it's just doing their best.
As for offending Lynch?
This is not a problem at all. Business competition has always existed. Anyone who wants to make money through business has to face competition.
For Lynch, the obstruction of these people is part of the business competition. At the same time, for these people, isn't it also a kind of competition for them that Lynch suddenly stepped into the military industry?
The senator has been eating the dividends of these people all the time. He can't just fall to Lynch because of a budget of tens of millions. Lynch's charm is not so great.
He shook his head and began to prepare, and at this moment, the phone in the corner of the table rang.
The red button is lit, either from the Presidential Palace or the Ministry of Defense.
He thought for a while, and then lifted the handset when the phone rang for the sixth time.
Here's a little trick, if the call isn't so urgent, usually after three beeps, the caller will start thinking about hanging up.
If it keeps ringing, it means the call is important and cannot be avoided.
Senators are generally reluctant to get too close to the Presidential Office or the Department of Defense. Getting too close is not good, and it is easy to cause trouble for themselves.
"Sorry, my coffee spilled, it got my pants wet, and I was changing my pants when the phone rang." The Senator immediately figured out why he took so long to answer the phone.
The person on the other end of the phone apparently did not consider whether the reason for pursuing the past was real, "I have someone send you a video, you will pay attention to it later, and the Department of Defense plans to add Lynch's this morning. Aircraft orders."
"From the original 200 to 600, the total budget exceeds 100 million, and it may continue to be added in the future."
For example, the Military Appropriation Committee and the Military Budget Review Committee, most of the committee members who are related to the military have a few good friends in the Department of Defense.
Only in this way can we get some information from the Ministry of Defense faster, understand what will happen next, and make a response.
Senator's brows rose immediately, "What happened?"
"Yesterday Lynch's Blackstone Security gave people a glimpse of the future of aircraft through a small-scale armed operation ~IndoMTL.com~ The Department of Defense and the military are considering whether to create an independent third service."
"Don't reach out for this, understand?"
"It's not us who have reached out to offend us. You will directly offend the top military generals. Their tempers are not as good as ours."
The words are very clear, Mr. Senator immediately stood up with his forehead, he couldn't sit still.
Taking a few steps back and forth, with a serious expression, "I have to have at least one judge whether it complies with..."
"You don't need a ruling, I just inform you that I don't want to cooperate with a stranger. You know, I'm very nostalgic."
"I have another meeting later, I'm hanging up."
Looking at the hung receiver, Mr. Senator immediately ran out of the door and towards the elevator, regardless of whether the tape had arrived.
He looked at Senator Langdon standing in the elevator, the elevator door slowly closed, and couldn't help shouting, "Wait a minute!"