Congress's job was to formulate "Federal Law." When it conflicted with local laws, the local laws took precedence in practice.
In other words, whenever there was a conflict, local laws took priority, provided they respected the basic law.
Congress had no control over decisions made by governors. If a governor decided to launch an Independent Referendum and the state's residents supported him, the Federal Government and Congress could only watch helplessly as they voted!
Governors wielded enormous power. When Senator Landon revealed this news, the Speaker and the legislators had already realized that the proposal was very likely to pass.
Lin Qi rarely made his presence felt in Congress. In fact, it would be fair to say that if Catherine had not joined in, and if Lin Qi had not always stood behind the York Gang,
many people would never have noticed how much influence Lin Qi had displayed in Congress—
People knew he had plenty of influence, but if someone had influence yet never showed it or actively expressed any political opinions, then it was practically the same as having no influence at all!
But the moment he started doing this, people immediately realized that they actually had very little ability to resist.
Because as long as public safety in York State did not merely improve but at least maintained its current trend of steady growth, residents of the Other States would strongly demand that their legislators pass this proposal.
Everyone in the Federal Government, from the bottom to the top, was elected directly. What did direct election mean? It meant that voters decided everything, rather than some other form of election. This also made voters seem like toilet paper in politicians' eyes! Before they wiped their asses, politicians treated them wonderfully and catered to them, because voters were