GIRL: Whew! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington! But I wonder who that sad little scrap 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 long long journey. To the capitol city. It's a long long wait. While I'm sitting in committee. But I know I'll be a law someday. At least I hope and pray that I will. But today I am still just a bill. GIRL: Gee Bill you certainly have a lot of patience and courage!. BILL: Well I got this far. When I started I wasn't even a bill. I was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed so they called their local congressman and he said 'You're right there oughta be a law.' Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me t 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 pray that they will. But today I am still just a bill. GIRL: Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?. BILL: Yeah I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on my favorably otherwise I may die.. GIRL: Die!. BILL: Yeah die in committee. Ooh! But it looks like I'm gonna live! Now I got the House of Representatives and they vote on me.. GIRL: If they vote yes what happens?. BILL: Then I got the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.. GIRL: 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'll wait in a line. With a lot of other bills. For the President to sign. And he signs me then I'll be a law. How I hope and pray that he will. But today I am still just a bill. GIRL: 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 and by that time you're so old.... GIRL: By that time it's very unlikely that you become a law. It's not easy to become a law is it?. BILL: No!. But how I hope and pray that I will. But today I am still just a bill. CONGRESSMAN: He signed you Bill! Now you're a law!. BILL: Right on!