Representative John Conyers: Woof! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I wonder who that sad gigantic industrial roll of paper is?
I'm just a bill.Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a short, short journey
From the White House to the Capital City.
The Emperor can't wait
He wants to push me through committee,
So I know I'll be a law someday
At least I hope and change that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Representative John Conyers: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of pages.
Bill: Well I got this far. When I started, I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. The Emperor decided he wanted a law passed, so his henchman called the Congressman and they said, "You're right, there oughta be a law." Then they sat down with activists, unions and community organizers and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.
I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I'm stuck in committee
And I'll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and change that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Representative John Conyers: So as a Congressman, I’m supposed to actually write bills or at least read it and understand it before I vote on it?
Bill: Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones, most bills never even get this far, they’re often thoroughly read and debated. I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.
Representative John Conyers: Die?
Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Oooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me.
Representative John Conyers: If they vote yes, what happens?
Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.
Representative John Conyers: Oh no!
Bill: Oh yes!
I'm just a bill
Yes, I'm only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I'm off to the White House
Where I won’t wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And he’ll sign me,
then I'll be a law.
How I hope and change that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Representative John Conyers: You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?
Bill: Yes, that's called a veto. If the President vetoes me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, but that’s not likely to happen in my case
Representative John Conyers: By the end of the year, the Emperor wants you to be a law. I love these members that get up and say, ‘read the bill!’ Well, what good is reading the bill if it’s a thousand pages and you don’t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you’ve read the bill?
Boy: Bill, The founding fathers didn’t intend for our representatives to be this negligent and ignorant of the will of the people, nor did they ever intend for it to be this easy to become a law, did they?
Bill: No!
But how I hope and I change that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.
Representative John Conyers: The Emperor just named me the new Congressional Illiteracy Czar. I’m a Czar!
Bill: Oh No!!!
Representative John Conyers: Oh yeah, and He signed you, Bill! Now you're a law!
Bill: Oh yes!!!
American Public and Health System: Oh No!!! Hope and Pray that this doesn't occur.
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