![]() Some House Republicans were planning to prepare four separate spending bills reflecting the deep cuts sought by party’s ultra-right wing, Reuters reported. “I don’t understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate,” McCarthy told reporters, adding: “This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down. Leaving the floor on Thursday, McCarthy voiced exasperation with his critics within the Republican conference. Given that the defense spending bill is usually one of the least contentious spending measures in the House, the second failed vote spelled major trouble for the spending talks. The Thursday vote marked the second time this week that the motion had failed, after members of the extreme rightwing House Freedom caucus first blocked the bill on Tuesday. The California Republican was dealt his second humiliating defeat of the week, after a proposal to take up House Republicans’ defense spending bill failed in a vote of 216 to 212, after five hard-right members – Dan Bishop of North Carolina, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Eli Crane of Arizona, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Matt Rosendale of Montana – joined Democrats in opposing the motion. McCarthy, who had projected optimism at the start of Thursday, now faces a reality in which his speakership hangs by a thread. Now you're a law.If Congress does not pass a spending bill before 1 October, the lapse in funding is expected to force hundreds of thousands of federal workers to go without pay and bring a halt to some crucial government services. It's not easy to become a law, is it?" (Bill) "No." Em7 F Eb C But how I hope and pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill. C7 D (Kid) "By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. That's called a 'veto.' If the President vetoes me, I'll have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, and by that time you're so old, you. G Am G (Kid) "You mean, even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, G the President can still say no?" (Bill) "Yes. D Now I go to the House of Represenatives and they vote on me." C7 (Kid) "If they vote 'Yes,' what happens?" G (Bill) "Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again." D (Kid) "Oh, no." (Bill) "Oh, yes!" G I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and if they vote for me on Capitol Hill, C7 well, then I'm off to the White House, where I'll wait in a line with a lot D of other bills for the President to sign, and if he signs me then I'll be a law Em7 F Eb C How I hope and pray that he will, but today I am still just a bill. I C7 hope they decide to report favorably, otherwise I may die." (Kid) "Die?" G (Bill) "Yeah, die in committee. G (Kid) "Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?" (Bill) "Yeah, I one of the lucky ones. Em7 F How I hope and pray that they will, but today I am still just a bill. C7 Well now, I'm stuck in committee, and I'll sit here and wait, while a D few key congressmen discuss and debate whether they should let me be a law. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, C7 so they called their local congressman and he said, 'You're right, there ought to be a law.' Then he sat down, wrote me out, and introduced me to Congress, and I became a bill - and I'll remain a D bill until they decide to make me a law." G I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I got as far as Capitol Hill. When I started I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. G Am G (Kid) "Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage." (Bill) "Well, I got this far. It's a long, long wait D while I'm sittin' in committee - but I know I'll be a law someday, at least Em F Eb C I hope and pray that I will, but today I am still just a bill. D Em7 F Eb (Kid) "Whew! You sure gotta' climb a lotta' steps to get to this Capitol C G Am G building here in Washinton! Well, I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?" G I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill, and I'm sittin' here on Capitol Hill C7 Well it's a long, long journey to the capitol city.
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