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As well as good policy. it will be good for america, not just good for democrats. but in order to get any of these battles done, were going to have to change the way that washington works. now, we may get a lot of attention for it, but weve actually already begun to do that. weve reined in the power of the special interests with the toughest ethics and transparency rules of any administration in the modern era. were the first white house ever to post our visitors online. weve excluded lobbyists ...

Earmark requests public on one central website before they come up for a vote and to require lobbyists to discuss details of their contacts on behalf of their clients with the administration or with congress. thats why working with people bike dick durbin whos been vocal on this for a long time, weve got to confront the gaping loophole that the supreme court recently opened in our campaign finance laws that allowed special interests to spend without limit to influence american elections. weve al...

Compared to what he was as a candidate this is an amazing slipging presidency at this time. >> did you get the impression he almost was attempting to get the chamber to rise, and chant yes, we can. he missed the adulation? >> two of the places i was really struck by, one was the total explicit hypocrisy of speaker nancy pelosi smiling an standing to applaud when he called for the end of ear marks. i thought it was such a total act of hypocrisy knowing that chairman okay bi has just asked for mem...

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Amid healthcare and tax cuts and everything else, lawmakers failed to set aside money for the future. that bill comes due this weekend. the government runs out of money saturday. today with the clock ticking, a spending plan emerged in the senate is not just for basics but with the extras in the form of thousands of maligned earmark requests. that could lead to a protracted battle. >> this is exactly the kind of mischief that the american people are sick of. >> reporter: absent intervention, fun...

Today for questions. watch this. >> the bill contain miss earmarks that you requested. i mean, why are you opposing this bill when it includes things that you called for in there? >> i intend to vote against these earmarks, because i think the american people sent a message on november 2nd saying they wanted a new way of operating. >> senator thune, i was looking at the list and it adds up to over $100 million. have you asked those those earmarks be removed? >> im going to vote against it. >> wh...

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