GK: The Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable John Boehner of Ohio, has dropped by. Good to see you, sir.
TR: Good to be here.
GK: Exciting times in Congress. Your Republican majority is trying to get the President to withdraw his immigration initiative----
TR: We are. Overreach. Probably unconstitutional. Got to get that off the table.
GK: And so your majority has voted to stop funding security at the Capitol building and take the metal detectors away and lay off the Capitol police.
TR: We passed a stopgap bill to fund Capitol security for a week, but then we'll see.
GK: Putting pressure on the President to change his immigration policy.
TR: Hope the Senate will sit down with us and try to work out a solution but we'll see what happens.
GK: There's also a rumor that conservative members of the Republican majority will go on a food strike and refuse nourishment until the president bends to your will.
TR: There's been talk of that. Nothing has been taken off the table.
GK: Nothing has been taken off the table, meaning they are still eating.
TR: I believe so.
GK: How about alcohol? Might they try to pressure the president by going on the wagon?
TR: I honestly don't see that happening.
GK: Okay. If I may say so, Mr. Speaker, no disrespect, but you appear rather unhappy.
TR: No comment on that.
GK: You look like this has been a hard week for you.
TR: I've seen better.
GK: You've been trying to head off another government shutdown, right?
TR: These Capitol police --- some of 'em are good friends of mine. Good buddies. It can be lonely being the Leader. You know that? I don't suppose you do. That gavel can get pretty darned heavy towards the end of the day and you look around for someone to go have a drink with and there's nobody. But some of the boys from the Force started coming up to my office --- end of the day --- brought some Scotch ---- we'd sit around, have a few, I'd sit down to the piano ---- you got a piano here?
GK: We do. Be our guest.
TR: Thanks. Excuse me. (PUTS HANDS ON PIANO, PLAYS CHORD)
(SINGS, MONOTONE)
Trouble in mind.
And I'm blue.
But I won't be blue always.
Someone's going to give me respect.....someday.
GK: Thank you, Mr. Speaker.