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Chief justice of the united states and the president of the united states over mr. obamas criticism of the supreme court during the state of the union speech. bill, was it inappropriate? and more interestingly, why and you saw it again today with robert gibbs, why is the white house so egg ear to join this fight. >> they disagree with the ruling and want to work with congress to legislate that we overturn those parts that could be overturned legislatively. i dont know, i have mixed feelings on t...

>> chris: we are going to run out of time. >> okay, chris, the answer to your question is we passed a major change in terms of banning nonprofits and it is a permanent change. they said they are going to do a temporary moratorium. if you listen to jerry lewis. >> chris: not the com comediana member from california. >> thats right. all the changes we made are permanent and the way they got their caucus on board is to say wink, wink, we can change that. >> chris: congressman cantor? >> there is a ...

Democrats announced a one-year ban on ear marks, the individual members pet projects going to for profit corporations and house republicans announced a one year ban on all ear marks, for profit corporations, to any one. will democrats join house republicans in a one year ban on all ear marks? >> i have to smile when my republican colleagues talk about ear mark reform. for 16 years when they had the congress they did nothing. the test of whether you are serious is what you do when you have the po...

Here. we took a significant step in our conference and said we will not be seeking any ear marks. a total ban on ear marks this year. whether chris says democrats make the rules and not republican, fine, republican members are not taking each marks. the effect is to say there is a lot of problems with the system and it needs to be fixed and we are not going to take ear marks until it is fixed. >> your decision was a temporary ban. >> we refused to take ear marks because the system is broke. >> w...

Accountability reforms. you could no longer tuck them into something. >> chris: youre not answering my question. >> im going to get there. i think it is important to have the predicate. you cant ask for ear marks where you have an interest. >> chris: we are going to run out of time. >> okay, chris, the answer to your question is we passed a major change in terms of banning nonprofits and it is a permanent change. they said they are going to do a temporary moratorium. if you listen to jerry lewis...

Speech. bill, was it inappropriate? and more interestingly, why and you saw it again today with robert gibbs, why is the white house so egg ear to join this fight. >> they disagree with the ruling and want to work with congress to legislate that we overturn those parts that could be overturned legislatively. i dont know, i have mixed feelings on this. using the state of the union with the justices captive down there isnt appropriate. i have to say judges and lawyers are hyper sensitive to any cr...

Accountability reforms. you could no longer tuck them into something. >> chris: youre not answering my question. >> im going to get there. i think it is important to have the predicate. you cant ask for ear marks where you have an interest. >> chris: we are going to run out of time. >> okay, chris, the answer to your question is we passed a major change in terms of banning nonprofits and it is a permanent change. they said they are going to do a temporary moratorium. if you listen to jerry lewis...

Here. we took a significant step in our conference and said we will not be seeking any ear marks. a total ban on ear marks this year. whether chris says democrats make the rules and not republican, fine, republican members are not taking each marks. the effect is to say there is a lot of problems with the system and it needs to be fixed and we are not going to take ear marks until it is fixed. >> your decision was a temporary ban. >> we refused to take ear marks because the system is broke. >> w...

Republicans care about healthcare. we want to make sure that positive reform is aeffected. we just dont like this bill. >> chris: this week, house democrats announced a one-year ban on ear marks, the individual members pet projects going to for profit corporations and house republicans announced a one year ban on all ear marks, for profit corporations, to any one. will democrats join house republicans in a one year ban on all ear marks? >> i have to smile when my republican colleagues talk about...

Republicans care about healthcare. we want to make sure that positive reform is aeffected. we just dont like this bill. >> chris: this week, house democrats announced a one-year ban on ear marks, the individual members pet projects going to for profit corporations and house republicans announced a one year ban on all ear marks, for profit corporations, to any one. will democrats join house republicans in a one year ban on all ear marks? >> i have to smile when my republican colleagues talk about...