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Needed to get something done, you could use an earmark and get certain members to come over to your side on a vote and move legislation. >> yeah. and casey hunt, just remember any conversation that you ever have with donald trump, if you got him in a room and you sort of tried to nail him down on issues, you would ask discover that hes a democrat. >> on this earmark issue, the president is right. it was easier to get things done when earmarks were around. you can see the business guy who wants t...

The olympics. thats become a bit awkward now that hes on the campaign trail bashing santorum as an earmark guy. >> how much is that hurting him, him standing up saying those things that the earmarks are hurting romney and hes making a big deal that hes not from inside washington, the culture of earmarks? >> i dont know how much its hurting him at this point, but its given santorum an opening. part of this is because romney in the last few weeks has been increasingly aggressive going after santor...

Because it was actually put in a highway bill and not the spending bill. >> this wasnt the only announcement republicans made today. they also hit democrats on recent ethic woes. >> reporter: thats right. you know former democratic congressman eric mass sa whose resignation was effective monday amid ethics issues possibly surrounding misconduct with male members of his staff. what you had here was a one-two punch between the earmark thing and theyre also pressing -- republicans also pressing dem...

Welcome back to the "newsroom." a lot of big goings on today in washington. stick with me. i have information you need to know. first, to the house of representatives. i want to tell you what they are not working on right now, at least not there on the house floor. theyre not working on the deal that weve been talking so much about to stop taxes from going up the first of next year. the bill passed in the senate. the house was working on that. then the democratic leadership pulled the bill from ...