The US Congressional hearing system is an important part of American domestic political life. It can be roughly divided into four categories: legislative hearings, supervisory hearings, censorship hearings and investigative hearings. General hearings are chaired by various committees of the Congressional and Senate and are made public to the media.

The hearing that President Roosevelt decided to hold is a bit special, which is facing the entire Senate. It will also include public hearings and closed-door hearings. Because many of the contents of the hearings involve military secrets, they cannot be fully disclosed. Roosevelt hopes that through this hearing, Congress and the people can fully understand the difficulties faced by the country, and thus support his peacekeeping route.

However, Roosevelt chose to hold a congressional investigation hearing at this time, and the timing was not very good. Although the German missiles had landed in major cities on the east coast of the United States, the losses caused were not too serious. Dozens of houses were blown up and about a thousand Americans, some of which were shot to death by the Americans themselves. The panic caused on the east coast was even worse than that of Japan's previous bacterial war.

After all, the German missiles can only cause one-time damage without subsequent damage. Moreover, although it is difficult to shoot down German cruise missiles, they can still avoid air raid shelters. Therefore, the panic caused is not too great, and it angered a large number of Americans.

However, Roosevelt had no time to delay, because early November was the time for the US presidential and congressman election. After the vote was finished and the president-elect came out, Roosevelt would be the president of the government. According to convention, the president who guarded the government could not do anything big. If Roosevelt could not make up the "reparation of compensation" plan before the election in early November, he would be powerless after the presidential election.

Truman and Dewey are now shouting the slogan of "anti-German and Japanese slaughtering". Even if they want to postpone their votes after they come to power, they will have to go through a process. This delay is likely to last for half a year, and the situation at that time will definitely be worse than now.

If the Germans have an atomic bomb that can be installed on missiles, even if the United States agrees to pay 500 million European marks, it will definitely not be able to buy peace.

Peace...will appreciate for the United States! So the United States should have it early instead of delaying it all the time.

Moreover, from the perspective of maintaining the prestige of the future US president, Roosevelt must also assume the responsibility of defeat himself. Otherwise, in the next four years, the United States will be led by a defeated president.

So from this perspective, the Senate investigation hearing requested by Roosevelt was very beneficial to Republican and Republican presidential candidate Dewey, who was fulfilling the behind-the-scenes deal with Hoover.

"Thomas, we're going to win!"

In New York City, within Thomas Dewey's campaign headquarters, the Republican leader of the Senate and tough conservative leader Robert Taft knew that when he heard Roosevelt was preparing to convince lawmakers and voters with a congressional investigation hearing before the election, he knew that Thomas Dewey's winning chance was already very high.

Then he looked at former President Herbert Clark Hoover, who lost to Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election, lived a seclusion after losing to Roosevelt. He did not make another contribution until the 1944 election began. He participated in the election as a Republican veteran. He had previously negotiated a behind-the-scenes deal with Roosevelt, and now he is one of the leaders of the Republican conservatives.

"There is no suspense to the presidential election," Hoover said. "I guess Truman and Barkley have also given up. But the Democrats will not abandon Congress, which is the basis for their maintenance of the so-called New Deal. If we cannot win the majority of Congress in this year's election, President Thomas will not be able to be abolished, and we will not be able to abolish the new policy bills."

Although the support ratings of Dewey and the Republican Party are much higher than those of Truman and the Democratic Party, they are not more than half. In the presidential election, due to the existence of the game rules of the electoral system, Dewey is already sure to win. However, the rules for the election of lawmakers are different. With a support rating of less than 30% or less than 40%, although it can ensure that the Republican Party becomes the largest party in both houses of Congress, it cannot win more than half of the seats.

Since the supporters of the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party are relatively concentrated, it is possible to win the House of Representatives in some constituencies. Therefore, after the general election, four parties including the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party may appear on Capitol Hill. Among them, the National Fascist Party and the Bolshevik Party are the "Red Flag Party". Even if they are not in opposition to the Democratic Party, it is impossible to pass legislation that is "anti-labor movement" and "obviously beneficial to capitalists".

The Republican Party, which has only half of the seats, will find it difficult to complete the instructions of the financial backers behind the scenes to abolish the new policies and legislation. Therefore, the Republican Party now has to compete for not only the presidential election, but also the parliament.

Hoover smiled coldly and continued, "We have a lot of hope to achieve our goal now, because our Republican Party has the best sponsor of Franklin Roosevelt ever! As long as Roosevelt can continue on the wrong path of surrender and stolen country, we will become the owners of the White House and Capitol Hill in the near future. But other Democrats cannot watch Roosevelt destroy his political future, and they will definitely find ways to interfere.

In a way, Roosevelt is our side, not a Democratic president!"

Thomas Dewey interrupted and asked: "Mr. Hoover, do you mean that we should support Roosevelt's summoning route at the hearing?"

"Of course, it's against it! But you can only sing high-profile, but you can't really do it." Hoover carefully used the words, "Thomas, I don't think you can lead the United States to defeat the European Community after you become president?"

Thomas Dewey shook his head. As a presidential candidate, he had already begun to fully understand the situation of the war that was not understood by ordinary Americans. Of course, he knew that Roosevelt's summoning route was correct.

"That's all right." Hoover shrugged. "Roosevelt has taken the responsibility. Why should we stop him from saving America?"

"But the compensation of 5ooo million European Mark will still put us in trouble." Thomas Dewey seemed a little unwilling to give up.

His thinking has changed now. He no longer regards himself as a presidential candidate, but as the president of the United States.

"North America isolate, the depreciation of the dollar and the hard work of the American people will help us overcome all difficulties." Robert Taft, the son of former President Taft, took over Dewey's question and said in a teaching tone, "As long as we can abolish the new policy bills that lead people to fall, the United States will surely become great again in your term. Because we have a chosen country with the richest resources, the most fertile land and the most convenient transportation. As long as the people are hardworking enough, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome.

And Europe... has actually begun to fall! The Nazi Party's line and the victory of the war will make the Europeans even more degenerate, so the future still belongs to the United States!"

Thomas Dewey nodded slightly. No matter how difficult it was, the president he chose would have to be kept in tears.

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"It is unlikely that the Republican Party will cooperate with us," said Truman in the office of Senate Democratic Leader Barkley. "The president must be the Republican Party's favorite person now. With him, Dewey can enter the White House even if he is lying down!"

He gritted his teeth, obviously he hated Roosevelt for election. It was not easy to elect a president. It involved a lot of money, energy, favors and behind-the-scenes transactions. Truman could be said to have used up his political resources accumulated over the years to get to this point. Moreover, in order to elect a president, Truman gave up the relatively confident senator election. Now because of Roosevelt, he was unable to elect the president, and the senator was gone, and he still owed a lot of favor debts. I don’t know how to pay it back. It was a fall in love!

Barkley and Garner both nodded and agreed with Truman's statement. Although Republican leaders are busy criticizing Roosevelt every day, as if they hate him to the core, if they really have the opportunity to oust him, Republicans will definitely not be willing to let him go. If Roosevelt is gone, their election will be easily won? Thomas Dewey will not be blamed for "selling the country and seeking honor" by themselves? Such an opponent who can help the election and help take the blame will certainly be unlucky.

"So we can only stop him by our own strength..." Truman thought, "the president's health may be a weakness."

"The President's health?" Garner asked, "Harry, do you mean the President's stroke not long ago?"

"Yes!" Truman said gritting his teeth, "The stroke seriously affected the president's memory, thinking and judgment ability, making him no longer suitable for leading the United States."

"Is there a way to prove it?"

"Yes!" Truman nodded, "Have a Senate investigation hearing on the president's health."

"Have another investigation hearing?" Garner frowned. "Neither the president nor the Republicans agree?"

"You can reveal the president's stroke to the newspaper." Senator Barkley already had an idea. "The president's condition is confidential and the people are not aware of it. Once they know the truth, they will doubt Roosevelt's leadership ability. In order to prove that he is capable of dealing with complex situations, Roosevelt had to hold a hearing."
Chapter completed!