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Jane: a watchdog group is criticizing the foreclosure program, the congressional oversight panel says it will only assist a quarter of the troubled homeowners it was targeted to help. janice will explain. >> reporter: the panel is basically saying the treasury department is simply lagging behind this crisis. think about this statistic, for every one family helped by this program last year, ten families lost their homes, so although we have seen the economy improve, this crisis is still very, very significant. take a look at these other numbers as well. for every homeowner that is 60 days or mo...

Doesn't indicate a coverup. jane: would those officers, do they face charges potentially? >> oh yes, there's no question they face internal charges and they certainly could face criminal charges. jane: what would they be? >> criminal charges? you know, there may be some federal violations that i'm not as familiar with. as far as state violations, i don't know, that's going to be up to the state's attorney's office. jane: the feds have been looking into this, saying there's a potential here for civil rights violations. major, i want to ask you one last question. this department has gone through...

So it doesn't matter who controlled congress because you still can get as much pork as you want. and over three years, get this, over three years thad cochran has sent $2 billion in earmarks back to his state. jane: we'll see what senator cochran has to say. some members have said in past years i'm just doing good work for the people in my home district. david williams, thank you. get more on the story at foxnews.com, see how your senator voted on the earmark wan. you can just click on our home page. jon: wouldn't you like to just be able to ask for money? [laughter] jane: isn't that what happ...

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