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Clips from Schoolhouse Rock - America Rock

"- Whew!"
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"You sure gotta climb a lot of steps"
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"But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?"
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"♪ I'm just a bill ♪"
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"♪ Well, it's a long, long journey to the capital city ♪"
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"♪ But I know I'll be a law some day ♪"
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"♪ But today, I am still just a bill ♪"
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""You're right, there oughta be a law.""
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"Then he sat down and wrote me out"
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"♪ Yes, I'm only a bill ♪"
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"♪ And I got as far as Capitol Hill ♪"
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"- [Bill] Then I go to the Senate"
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"♪ And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill ♪"
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"♪ With a lot of other bills for the president to sign ♪"
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"♪ But today, I am still just a bill. ♪"
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"(gentle music)"
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"to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington."
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"♪ Yes, I'm only a bill ♪"
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"♪ And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill ♪"
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"♪ It's a long, long wait while I'm sitting in committee ♪"
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"♪ At least I hope and pray that I will ♪"
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"Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage."
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"- Well, I got this far."
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"When I started, I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea."
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"Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed,"
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"so they called their local congressman, and he said,"
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"and introduced me to Congress."
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"And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill"
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"♪ I'm just a bill ♪"
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"♪ Well, now, I'm stuck in committee ♪"
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"♪ And I'll sit here and wait ♪"
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"♪ While a few key congressmen discuss and debate ♪"
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"♪ Whether they should let me be a law ♪"
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"♪ How I hope and pray that they will ♪"
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"♪ But today, I am still just a bill ♪"
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"(congressmen shouting)"
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"- Listen to those congressmen arguing."
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"Is all that discussion and debate about you?"
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"Most bills never even get this far."
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"I hope they decide to report on me favorably,"
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"otherwise I may die."
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"- Die? - Yeah, die in committee."
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"Ooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live!"
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"Now, I go to the House of Representatives"
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"and they vote on me."
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"and the whole thing starts all over again."
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"- Oh, no. - Oh, yes!"
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"♪ I'm just a bill ♪"
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"♪ Yes, I'm only a bill ♪"
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"♪ Well, then I'm off to the White House ♪"
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"♪ Where I'll wait in a line ♪"
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"♪ And if he signs me, then I'll be a law ♪"
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"♪ How I hope and pray that he will ♪"
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"- [Boy] You mean even if the whole Congress says"
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"you should be a law, the president can still say no?"
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"- Yes, that's called a veto."
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"If the president vetoes me,"
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"I have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again,"
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"and by that time, you're so old-"
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"- [Boy] By that time, it's very unlikely"
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"that you'll become a law."
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"It's not easy to become a law, is it?"
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"- No!"
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"♪ But today, I am still just a bill ♪"
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"- He signed you, Bill. Now, you're a law."
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"- Oh, yes! (crowd cheering)"
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"until they decide to make me a law."
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"- Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones."
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"- [Boy] If they vote yes, what happens?"
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"♪ But how I hope and pray that I will ♪"
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