Senator Landon sat in his seat, looking at the other senators in their places, a slightly strange smile on his face.
The Federal Currency Issuance Committee consisted of twelve senators and thirty-two representatives. It was already a very large committee, and it would continue to exist for a long time.
The committee's "management class"—that is, the senators—included eight people who each belonged to different banks, including Senator Landon himself.
He represented Lin Qi, which meant he represented the Federal Blackstone Bank, while the other eight represented six other banks.
The Federal Savings Bank had two representatives. After all... this matter was very closely related to them.
The remaining four belonged to the neutral faction—
The Federation's political environment had always been this way. People would not allow one side's power to absolutely overwhelm the other.
Just like in the Senate, there were the Progressive Party, the Conservative Party, and the Socialist Party.
Everyone was always maintaining a very delicate balance, preventing any one political group from becoming overwhelmingly dominant.
Some people felt this was meant to prevent the absolute corruption that came with absolute power, but others believed this was a balance between capitalists and politicians, rather than a balance within politics!
After all, capitalists did not want politicians to band together. For capitalists and capitalism, that would be a disaster! At this time, the small committee also had four "blank slates" who could change sides at any moment. Whenever everyone disagreed on certain issues, they could wave banknotes and win these four people over.
After all, lobbying was a legal means of political competition in the Federation. No one would consider it inappropriate.
Four lucky bastards.
Senator Landon curled his lip. Being courted here was far more lucrative than being courted on other committees, and he would gain much