four questions. and tom, i wish all members of congress would use those same questions. and then we wouldn t be here talking about earmarks because most of the spending in the federal government is unconstitutional, according to its original intent. you see, the only way we re going to stop this earmarking process and have a permanent ban is for the american citizens to demand a different kind of governance. i mentioned hosea 4:6, my people were destroyed for lack of knowledge. and tom and citizens against government waste are informing people about that wasteful spending. and those people all across this nation are the reason that we have a small pig book today. i want to remind you about former u.s. senator eric derekson one time said when he feels the heat he sees the light. there are many members of the senate and the house that need to feel the heat and see the light. there are some of those people that need to see the door. these earmarking processes have caused more pe
yeah. you ve got this big transportation bill on the floor. it s having a hard time moving through. the states cannot handle federal transportation national transportation costs by themselves. it has to be federal money that does it. is it the earmarks that is you object to the fact that they ve sort of stuck in slyly and in secret or is it just the objection to spending and if it s the slyness and the done tt you guys would be happy with to get stuff moving through congress? historically,deral aid highw earmarks. 1956, interstate transportation act, two specific items mentioned in the bill. president reagan vetoed a bill in 1987 that had $1.1 billion in earmarks. and president bush signed a bill that had $24 billion in earmarks. so yes, it can be done. maybe we have to go back almost 100 years to look at the original idea, which was to simply base it on formulas that congress has adopted. if the members don t like the formula, they can change the formula. but the bri
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