Shelton, God rest his soul, could have updated the 1970s “Schoolhouse Rock” song to go something like, “I’m just a bill, yeah, I’m only a bill. In the meantime, the robocalls and social-media blasts continue. If the president doesn’t like it, the president will either veto it and tweet-dare Congress to override it, or try to incorporate it into some other legislative package. If the president likes it, the president signs it and all is well. If the bill survives Capitol Hill, it’s then off to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. In the meantime, the president continues to tweet about it, and spin doctors/talking heads continue to appear on the talk shows blessing it or blasting it. If the bill makes it through, the entire process is repeated on the other side of Capitol Hill. C-SPAN televises live floor debates and counts down on-screen how long it takes for Democrats and Republicans to vote on it.
#IM JUST A BILL FULL#
That sucker is either dying here or it will be sent to the full chamber for an even more public fate. Joan Osborne - Im Just A Bill (Letra e msica para ouvir) - GIRL: Whew You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in. Thank you, Schoolhouse Rock So you see All it takes for survival is one brave Bill, who fights against hate, bigotry, intolerance to become Jill. Three months later, the committee takes up the bill, already knowing its fate. Fortunately we found one brave Bill, who would journey to the capitol to become Jill. More robocalls, Facebook posts, tweets and sound-bites follow. When I started, I wasn’t even a bill, I was just an idea. Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage. At least I hope and pray that I will, But today I am still just a bill. The representatives do a little horse-trading and back-scratching to make sure the bill gets before the “right” committee, all the time praying for a preferred placement on the agenda. While I’m sitting in committee, But I know I’ll be a law someday. Once it is drafted, a whole new process kicks in.
If you’re lucky, someone like the president of the United States will tweet about it, sending even more voters into their respective political corners.Īnd that is all before the bill is even introduced.
#IM JUST A BILL TV#
Included in that process are all the robocalls and TV ads screaming at key constituencies to “let Senator Smith know where you stand on this.” After that, a robocall blast would go out to a cross-section of the representative’s constituency to take their temperature on it.Ĭolleagues opine about its strengths and weakness on the morning talk-shows and party leadership takes part in a “CNN Town Hall” to gauge how it will affect the party’s standing in terms of strengthening their stronghold. If “I’m Just a Bill” were to be produced in today’s turbulent political climate, it might look something like this:įirst, the concept would have to run through social media to determine if it is actually worth pursuing.
And it is far more than just idea-draft-vote-approve-sign-law procedure, now. First of all, “Schoolhouse Rock” would have to be expanded from a little 5-minute segment to upwards of 30 minutes or longer in order to cover how legislation really gets through.
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