document: House passes '' `` force of law '' '' budget bill WASHINGTON , April 1 -LRB- UPI -RRB- - The GOP-led U.S. House Friday narrowly passed a '' `` force of law '' '' bill that would make an earlier spending bill law without Senate or White House action . The House passed H.R. 1255 , the Government Shutdown Prevention Act , in the face of mockery and derision from both sides of the aisle , The Hill reported . The act would make the House-passed fiscal year 2011 spending bill , which included $ 61 billion in cuts to the federal budget , law if the Senate fails to pass its own legislation by April 6 . But Democrats mocked the GOP effort , saying it displayed a shocking lack of understanding for how the U.S. government and its Constitution work . Rep. Peter DeFazio , D-Ore. , offered Republicans a copy of a children 's book titled , '' `` How our Laws are Made , '' '' while Rep. Anthony Weiner , D-N.Y. , brought a copy of '' `` House Mouse , Senate Mouse '' '' to the House floor to illustrate the process of how a bill becomes a law in this country . '' `` What you see on the floor today is no example of Democracy in action , '' '' House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. , said . '' `` It 's silly . The Republican leadership is asking its members to make a silly vote . '' '' '' `` April Fools , America , '' '' House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer , D-Md. , added . '' `` This is a joke , America . This is not real , America . '' '' Disbelief was not limited to the Democrats , however , as the bill passed by a vote of 221-202 - including 15 '' `` no 's '' '' from Republicans . Rep. Louie Gohmert , R-Texas , took the floor to say the bill '' `` violates my conscious and the Constitution , and I can not vote for it . '' '' Republicans argued the bill was meant to highlight Senate inaction . '' `` What we 're trying to do with this resolution today is get our business done , '' '' said Rep. Rob Woodall , R-Ga. , the Los Angeles Times reported . House Majority Leader Eric Cantor , R-Va. , said a shutdown '' `` looms ever larger '' '' because of the Senate 's failure to pass a bill . H.R. 1255 also would cut off the paychecks for lawmakers in the event of a government shutdown , a less controversial provision already passed by the Senate .
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