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That every bill brought to a vote in the congress must cite its constitutional authority. >> the house republicans are bringing about a constitutional crisis on top of the funding crisis. >> this is our friend, a bill. for a bill to become law, it needs to pass the house and the senate before it goes to the president. >> the house has no magic wand to do this all on its own. perhaps at the start of the next congress, we should show the school house rock video, i'm just a bill, as a refresh you are on how a bill really becomes law. it appears reading the constitution on the floor hasn't stuck s...

>> i brought you this. house mouse, senate mouse. which is sold in the gift shop to teach children how to understand the constitution and permit me to read. it's the floor of each chamber of the senate and house where each senator and congress mouse gets to vote on the bill and if enough do, if enough do, this president signs it if he likes to. >> ah, anthony weiner, been on a roll this week. stole the show at the big congressional correspondents' dinner. and he loves himself a house floor speech. now to tonight's big number, who's more valuable as a public speaker? a nobel prize winning aut...

Everybody poor. finally, civics on the house floor. not civility. civics. this week, republican majority leader cantor he said that if the house passed the quote government shutdown prevention act it would become the law. that's just not true. as well anybody who's seen how a bill becomes a law will tell you. guess what, anthony weiner decided from brooklyn not going to let cantor's slip completely go unnoticed. watch this. >> i brought you this. house mouse, senate mouse. which is sold in the gift shop to teach children how to understand the constitution and permit to read. it's the floor o...

Act it would become the law. that's just not true. as well anybody who's seen how a bill becomes a law will tell you. guess what, anthony weiner decided from brooklyn not going to let cantor's slip completely go unnoticed. watch this. >> i brought you this. house mouse, senate mouse. which is sold in the gift shop to teach children how to understand the constitution and permit to read. it's the floor of each chamber of the senate and house where each senator and congress mouse gets to vote on the bill and if enough do, if enough do, this president signs it if he likes to. >> ah, anthony weiner...

Objection, motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> even the title of the bill is alive. >> government shut down. >> after this show exposed cantor's ignorance of how bills become law, democrats join in. >> i brought you this, house mouse, senate mouse, each congress mouse gets to vote on the bill, and if enough do, if enough do, this president signs it, if he likes to. >> this is a joke, america. this is not real. >> even tea party house republicans don't believe cantor, but they're still refusing to compromise, still blaming the democratic senate. >> for them, compromise is taking the n...