Members of Congress all had each other's contact information.
To those senators and representatives, once they had reached their positions, there was actually no such thing as a political stance anymore.
Sometimes they attacked one another over a particular issue, but at other times they banded together.
Whether they needed to cooperate or oppose each other depended on what the greater capital forces needed them to do, or what the capital forces behind them needed them to do.
The three members of the Health and Drug Safety Management Committee were all from the Conservative Party, while Senator Landon belonged to the Progressive Party. The labels of the two sides were opposed.
But they were not actually opposed in the way people imagined.
Everything people saw—their mutual slander, cursing, and even fighting in Congress—was merely an illusion they wanted people to see, or needed people to believe.
Senator Landon quickly clarified some matters with one of the other senators, then called Lin Qi back.
"I asked around. The order came from a document issued by the Presidential Palace. It mentioned that the enforcement of Prohibition in several regions had not been thorough enough, and the Presidential Palace was very dissatisfied with their work."
"The Presidential Palace hoped they could urge the Contraband Bureau of Investigation to carry out a special crackdown and ensure the authority of federal justice. The document was signed by a man named Pence."
Coming from the Presidential Palace did not necessarily mean that the order had been issued by the president himself, or represented the president's own opinion.
When the Former President had been in office, for example, Mr. Truman would persuade him to make certain choices. After the Former President agreed, Mr. Truman would draft the document himself, then have the president sign and send it