Earmark Moratorium News Today

A Republican congressman has earmarked $5 million to build a train in California that would connect partygoers with the Coachella Music Festival every year.

Real live pig to help with the visual. one veteran senator says some love the pet projects to win lawmaker support. >> incredibly there is a movement to restore earmarks. to restore earmarks in the name of being able to pass legislation more easily. i.e. bribe. if you bribe someone, then therefore theyd be more likely to vote for a piece of legislation. >> and weve noticed during the earmark moratorium its been harder to pass some bills and so some have talked about the possibility of bringing b...

the pig -- i mean, they will eat anything, wont they? they are sort of cute but theyre pigs and the watch dog group citizens against government waste, sorry, i mean, what are those little spirit i spots? something is en dearing but it is not about lawmakers. we brought some of these little friends along from the farm. better than a lot of things they usually eat, isnt it? the good news first. pork is down. since the big push by lawmakers to ban earmarks and appropriations bills we have...

happening today with the former massachusetts governor, hes trying to move beyond all of this, obviously. hes been sort of giving his prebuttal to the presidents state of the union address tonight and they have sort of been showing us these postcards from the edge of the housing crisis and financial crisis in this country. earlier today mitt romney gave his speech inside an abandoned warehouse that used to be an old drywall factory and here we are now standing in front of a house thats...

John boehner announced his party will look overall earmarks. >> its important to have a conversation about a earmark moratorium, and i am talking about a real moratorium, because there is no way to be halfway pregnant on this issue. >> reporter: remember that bridge to nowhere that was never built? that would still be okay because it was not tacked on to a spending bill, but attached to a highway measure and the money went to the state of alaska and not a business. and then the jets the pentagon...

Unemployment report, senate democrats have just unveiled a new jobs bill. just moments ago majority leader harry reid outlining a plan that includes tax credits and other proposals to put more people back to work. >> our motivation is to help americans sleep a little better. our mission is not to stop every american who wants a job can get a job. and our message is this one. for senate democrats, creating jobs is job number one. >> reid says he hopes to bring the jobs bill to a vote by next week...

That effort. we talked about it. >> bret: people say on capitol hill -- so nothing else right now. >> you asked for one. i gave you one. >> people on capitol hill say democrats, republicans and appropriators are up here. appropriations committee is responsible for doling out money historically. are you going to change the way the appropriations committee works? >> well, the appropriations committee is responsible for funding our government. over the years, there has been a lot of excesses coming...

That effort. we talked about it. >> bret: people say on capitol hill -- so nothing else right now. >> you asked for one. i gave you one. >> people on capitol hill say democrats, republicans and appropriators are up here. appropriations committee is responsible for doling out money historically. are you going to change the way the appropriations committee works? >> well, the appropriations committee is responsible for funding our government. over the years, there has been a lot of excesses coming...