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In my grooirs of office. i am earmark free. >> you haven't gotten almost $4 million in ear marks? >> the first year i came in i put the request in then i found out what it was about. i took the pledge in my first term i never requested another earmark since and i won't. the bigger issue is are we going to continue to increase the credit card limit in washington? i am the only voice who said no. >> several iowa pastors appeal to you and governor perry and rick santorum, one or two of you to drop out so all of the social conservatives can coalesce around one candidate. you all decided no you wan...

Also if you look at the spending issue, senator santorum voted for the bridge to no, no where. he defended ear marks. he is spending which is the number one issue, he has been a big spender in washington, d.c. that is not what the american people are lookingor. they want someone who is a fiscal conservative. i'm a tax lawyer who has gone to washington to fight the out of control spending. my record is one of being a fiscal conservative as opposed to -- and i'm not trashing the candidates. it is just a point of clarity. senator santorum as stood for ear marks and stood for spending. that is not...

>> i took anner maearmark pledg in my grooirs of office. i am earmark free. >> you haven't gotten almost $4 million in ear marks? >> the first year i came in i put the request in then i found out what it was about. i took the pledge in my first term i never requested another earmark since and i won't. the bigger issue is are we going to continue to increase the credit card limit in washington? i am the only voice who said no. >> several iowa pastors appeal to you and governor perry and rick santorum, one or two of you to drop out so all of the social conservatives can coalesce around one candi...

>> senator rum accuses of you hypocrisy he knows you have a paid lobbyist to try to get ear marks and he knows in 2006 your state government bragged about getting 600 million in highway ear marks and 5 million in transit projects. aren't your hands unclean, too? >> that is the process they put in place in washington, d.c. the reason states have to play that game is because washington is broken. wou we have a $15 trillion debt because both parties has been involved in let me scratch your back and you scratch my back on the ear marks. all they are doing is policing america. >> one of your big pr...

Also if you look at the spending issue he voted for the bridge to nowhere. he -- spending which is the number one issue he has been a big spender in washington, d.c. that is not what the american people are looking for. they want someone who is a fiscal conservative. i am a tax lawyer who has gone to washington to fight the out of control spending. my record is one of being a fiscal conservative as opposed -- i am not trashing the candidate as a point of clarity. senator santorum stood for earmarks and stood for spending. that's not what we want. we have to look at the record. >> let me ask yo...