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Somewhere else, they make that decision. >> ear marks, the president started talking about bringing back an earmark. >> what's an earmark? >> it's a pet project that members of congress -- >> and you attach it to a bill. >> like a purse museum or something like that. and the interest thing about earmarks is conservative groups tried very hard to get rid of them and they succeeded. their biggest ally in that fight was a congressman from indiana known as mike pence. and his chief of staff at the time, who was mark shoc short, the legislative director at the white house. >> i think it helps the p...

To save the d.r.e.a.m.ers. the gop was there to do business as well and deliver for people whose priority is keeping people out. listen what happened next. >> you need to be clear, though. i think what senator feinstein is asking here, when we talk about just daca, we don't want to be back here two years later. you have to have security as the secretary would tell you. >> all right. so no clean daca bill, that's what you are hearing from the republicans. democrats, republicans, still clearly at odds. mr. trump had one surprising suggestion near the end to make it easier to pass bipartisan legi...

>> but then came the political reality. remember, there's been all this talk about how both sides want to save the d.r.e.a.m.ers. the gop was there to do business and deliver for people whose priority is to keep people out. >> you need to be clear. i think what senator feinstein is asking here, when we talk about just daca, we don't want to be back here two years later. you have to have security as the secretary of will tell you. >> all right. so no clean daca bill, that's what you are hearing from the republicans. democrats, republicans, still clearly at odds. mr. trump had one surprising sug...

Conversation about a cap agreement because there are things we want to address with a cap agreement like the military and there are other things like daca. we have deadlines. we understand them and i think we're having good bipartisan conversations. i think all of us from the house and senate, republicans and democrats know we have to get working on these issues. >> her right there. >> given the deadline next friday if you can't reach a deal what is the current support level for a shorter -- >> i won't get into hypotheticals. when i have more to report i'll do it. >> mr. speaker, are ear marks...

They called it pork barrel politics. john boner banned ear -- boehner banned ear marks. the president says bring earmarks back so congress can get something, anything, done. john busy, associate editor of the "wall street journal" with which shares common ownership with this network. >> fill the swamp. fill it up. the argument, if you want things to get done, ear marks with a way to do this. i've heard it from washington, people who play the game. they say it's the currency, the grease on the wheels, one way of being able to have something to trade to some one else for their support for legisl...