Washington, D.C., Capitol.

Everett sat in the cafeteria, in a daze with a vegetable salad.

Compared to the delicious food in Chinese restaurants, these bland healthy foods are really hard to swallow.

"Hey, old man, what are you thinking? Are you wondering why our recipe overlaps with rabbits? ”

A voice of sarcasm and displeasure made Everett look up, and he squeezed a smile into his colleague who had just sat down.

The pot-bellied, gray-haired colleague was Cook Paulson, a veteran congressman from Montana, who surprised Everett by looking smug.

Not long ago, J's followers had a big incident in Montana, and although it was a problem for the governor and the state police, and it was not the senator's turn to have a headache, it also caused Cook and his partner, the senior Montana congressman, to have a conflict, and it stands to reason that Cook should not be so happy.

"Who is unlucky? It puts you in a good mood. Everett asked.

"Who else? Of course, Mr. the director of the Environmental Protection Bureau. "Cook didn't smile obviously, but he was full of schadenfreude," the media reported that the White House Cabinet Affairs Group said that even Cabinet members should not use the White House cafeteria as a personal restaurant, except for our Director Ital, no other Cabinet member will run to the White House like a scoundrel to eat a free meal. ”

"I heard that he was protesting against the lack of a dedicated canteen for the EPA." Everett didn't taunt him, as a senator, if he wants to get along in Congress, connections and reputation are the top priority, even in front of old friends who are close to him.

"Shit." Cook waved his fat hand to express his inner disdain, "Is it also a protest to bring Ohio congressmen and representatives of the Bureau of Agriculture into the White House cafeteria to dine together?" Now that dozens of parliamentarians have publicly expressed their dissatisfaction and demanded Iter's resignation, coupled with scandals such as corruption, his good days are numbered. ”

Everett showed little interest in it, and as he turned his fork, he whispered, "It doesn't seem to have anything to do with us." ”

"Of course! Iter is a member of the Cabinet nominated and strongly supported by Mr. President. ”

At the mention of the current president, Cook was not too happy.

"The First Amendment! When the President of the Federation ratifies a treaty or appoints an important person, he must take the advice of the Senate and obtain his approval! But Eter's appointment as head of the Environmental Protection Agency was not recognized by the Senate at all! His resignation is a significant victory for the Senate. ”

Everett shook his head: "But we will not have any real gains, on the contrary, Mr. Vice President, who is currently on the same side as His Excellency the President, will think that we are causing trouble." Don't forget, he's the Senate Chairperson********* Mr. doesn't have the right to vote. Cook didn't care, "Unless the votes are stopped, he can't influence us to vote on the amendment to the GMO Food Safety Act, that's what you're worried about, right?" ”

Everett snorted nonchalantly, which was kind of acquiescence.

"Don't worry, as long as Dr. Amos's research can be successful, the bill will definitely pass, after all, Mr. President is also happy to see it, rather than worrying that the White House will interfere with it, it is better to worry about whether the gentlemen in the House of Representatives will cooperate, you know, we don't have the right to change the bill." Cook glanced at Everett deeply, and there was a flash of wisdom in his eyes that did not match his appearance, "I heard that the amazing Chinese hybrid rice expert is also working on a similar project, and Dr. Amos is racing against him, every second counts, and he can't afford to delay." ”

"Also, I heard that you are interested in running for election? Dr. Amos is your campaign funding, right? ”

Hearing Cook's revelation again, Everett smiled bitterly: "Cook, you seem to know everything, Isaac Wilson should abdicate and give up the position of FBI director to you." ”

Cook cheekily said, "Promise God that if I were the FBI director, I would do better than him." ”

"Alright, it's not early, no kidding." Everett put away his smile and said seriously, "In addition to the amendment to the GMO food safety bill, the House of Representatives will also send the Republican Party's 'Dream Chaser' immigration bill to Congress for debate, although we are Republicans, we should also try our best to ensure that this bill passes smoothly." ”

"The bill to protect the rights of immigrants will definitely be opposed by the president and the cabinet, and the situation after Europa's open immigration policy is not good, and the president's tough attitude on the immigration issue is very popular with the people." Cook shook his head, seemingly analyzing the problem objectively, but in fact he was raising the asking price.

At the end of the day, senators' voting power is not limited to overseeing legislation. In the trading arena of power, intangible votes are more valuable than tangible banknotes.

The open immigration policy will indeed make the lives of the people at the bottom of the US federal more difficult, but on the one hand, it can absorb the technical elites of other countries, and on the other hand, it can bring votes to the legislators and capitalists, so no one is willing to think about the far-reaching impact of immigration on the country, let alone the hardships of the people at the bottom.

Mr. President wants to learn from the experience of the Europa countries, but Congress may not give him a chance, after all, politics is a compromise, as long as the loss caused by persistence is unbearable for him, as long as the benefits of compromise make him moved, I believe that Mr. President will no longer be stubborn.

Is it the right thing to do?

Indeed, a small number of members of both houses of Congress genuinely believe that the U.S. Union, as a multicultural community, should continue to open its policy to accepting immigrants from other countries with a broad mind.

However, Everett is not one of them. At times, Everett thinks the president is right, even if he is an idealistic politician who is fighting for the Union to rise again to the top of the world, rather than politicians like him and Cook.

But position determines action, and even if he thinks differently, Everett still has to follow the will of the party and stand against His Excellency the President.

Thinking of this, Everett's mood was even worse, and in a fit of rage, he decided to end the conversation.

"I'm just saying that as for who we want to get votes and what to exchange for, we still have a week to plan slowly, it's not early today, let's talk about it another day. By the way, seriously, you should eat less fries burgers, your belly is as big as if you were pregnant with triplets. ”

"Forget about that, man." Cook shook his head, "How much better is the Chinese food you love?" Isn't it all junk food? ”

Even if you are a senator, you will make ridiculous statements in areas you don't understand. Everett shook his head in Cook's way, and left without excuse.

The vegetable salad was dumped in the trash, and Everett finally decided to go for Chinese food.