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Brought together. steve: ed, come on. >> he has to make a better case than that. steve: what are earmarks? >> earmarks are targeted extending projects that lawmakers on both sides could say i have $100,000 thats going to go to the bridge and people got frustrated with it, the fix for it didnt fix it. they said you can no longer have earmarks and its made it harder for the president and leaders of both parties to throw a bone to somebody so they will vote for repealing or replacing obamacare or t...

Brought together. steve: ed, come on. >> he has to make a better case than that. steve: what are earmarks? >> earmarks are targeted extending projects that lawmakers on both sides could say i have $100,000 thats going to go to the bridge and people got frustrated with it, the fix for it didnt fix it. they said you can no longer have earmarks and its made it harder for the president and leaders of both parties to throw a bone to somebody so they will vote for repealing or replacing obamacare or t...

Dagen: thats right next saturday neil is kicking off his new show cavuto live next week every week and well be joining him thanks to you our cost of freedom fans our most loyal viewers weve been the best two hours in business anywhere year in year out and now neil is taking it live we wish him major success and well be right there by his side hope to see you there. were right here first. a battle over pork spending starting to sizzle on capitol hill, lawmakers scheduling hearings for next week o...

Tell that to the families and there are many, many, many families who lost a loved one. act of love. okay? theres no act of love. its tough stuff. its mean stuff, and its going to be taken care of. >> whoa. okay. so its a bill of love after ridiculing -- you know, i mean, its an evolving position clearly. >> an evolving position, a stunning turn around. you can call it -- the word flip flop, it goes any which way but it all comes back to he just wants a bill. he wants to get something. >> well -...

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Agricultural industry the farmers need china to sell the stuff to. this bows goeth ways, they have a lot of cards in their hand. >> charlie, thank you. so, with more worries about debt, critics say this is no time to bring back earmarks. >> the president warrants earmarks back, do you? >> no, im not a big fan of earmarks. i think our constitutional responsibility should lie with the entire 1.1 trillion that were about to appropriate, not just a few small dollars. its normally a way to provide le...

Wall? why shouldnt they? >> martha: two things that are going to tick off very strong conservatives, bill, one is the suggestion of amnesty, that marc just talked about and also the presidents suggestion why dont you bring back earmarks? i remember all of the debate over earmarks. now the question is well you have sort of eradicated the element that allows people to bargain and now nothing gets done. thats the argument that the president was making to bring them back in a limited form. what do y...

Growth came out and said no, no, no. here is his statement. republicans, if they bring back earmarks then it virtually guarantees theyll lose the house. bring back earmarks is the antithesis of draining the swamp. it goes against everything that his supporters have stood for. perhaps he is floating something out to democrats. >> sam stein, it seems, though -- ill make friends with my former colleagues. if he wants to step out of the steve bannon box, he has to start ignoring everything that the ...

Pathway to citizenship for d.r.e.a.m.ers. that sort of leadership could produce bipartisan progress and i have to remain hopeful its possible or its not worth getting on the train every morning from wilmington, delaware, down to washington to do this job. this system doesnt work without compromise. i was struck that the president threw out casually into the mix yesterday that he thinks we should bring back earmarks, that congress should have some role in directing appropriations. thats one of ma...

Strategy. its a politically toxic issue. the idea that members could have little giveaways for them, in order to get their votes on a bill. its something that voters have kind of, obviously, turned on. it feels like the swamp, something that president trump wouldnt necessarily support. although it does make close votes a little bit easier to pass. and weve had a lot of close votes under trump. so, there is a case to be made that maybe you could pass more bills if youre able to give these little ...