No secrets in Congress!
Almost everyone in the Federation knew this saying!
What it meant was that nothing that happened in Congress could be kept hidden. It would spread before long.
At first, only a few high-ranking figures might know, but through intelligence sharing or the push of political motives, the news would begin filtering down to lower social classes.
In the end, everyone would know. The amendment bill proposed by Congressman Williams to reform the Social Security System had not yet passed. Only the first small-scale hearing had been held, and not many people knew about it.
But what was meant to leak still leaked.
Ms. Tracy knew about it, as well as the general details. When she heard that Lin Qi had come here, she immediately drove over.
Through her conversation with the short Progressive Party Committee Chairman, she gradually realized that the Federation's political arena did not consist solely of the Progressive Party, the Conservative Party, and the Socialist Party.
Within each party, there were also different small groups and factions.
Everyone had joined together only because they shared the same long-term goals. That did not mean they shared the same interests and demands.
So it was perfectly normal for small groups to exist within a party.
However, this also presented a problem.
The existence of small groups meant choosing sides. Just as a politician who wanted to accomplish anything in the Federation's political arena had to join either the Progressive Party or the Conservative Party.
If they did not, they would have to oppose the entire political establishment! Even having all the capitalists in the Federation standing behind them might not be enough, because what they would be fighting was the mechanism by which Federation society operated—not merely a few specific politicians!
Since she had to