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Members are not taking each marks. the effect is to say there is a lot of problems with the system and it needs to be fixed and we are not going to take ear marks until it is fixed. >> your decision was a temporary ban. >> we refused to take ear marks because the system is broke. >> we had a moratorium about a year ago. >> chris: we have less than a minute left. congressman van hollen i want to ask you one question that involves ethics. when congressman foley stepped down, the democrats demanded that the house ethics committee investigate whether gop leaders tried to protect him b him. now, it...

>> chris: we are going to run out of time. >> okay, chris, the answer to your question is we passed a major change in terms of banning nonprofits and it is a permanent change. they said they are going to do a temporary moratorium. if you listen to jerry lewis. >> chris: not the com comediana member from california. >> that's right. all the changes we made are permanent and the way they got their caucus on board is to say wink, wink, we can change that. >> chris: congressman cantor? >> there is a reason we are in the minority now. we tried to learn our lesson here. we took a significant step in...

Democrats announced a one-year ban on ear marks, the individual members' pet projects going to for profit corporations and house republicans announced a one year ban on all ear marks, for profit corporations, to any one. will democrats join house republicans in a one year ban on all ear marks? >> i have to smile when my republican colleagues talk about ear mark reform. for 16 years when they had the congress they did nothing. the test of whether you are serious is what you do when you have the pound for the candier to change t. not what you say when you don't. ear marks quadrupled during those...

Here. we took a significant step in our conference and said we will not be seeking any ear marks. a total ban on ear marks this year. whether chris says democrats make the rules and not republican, fine, republican members are not taking each marks. the effect is to say there is a lot of problems with the system and it needs to be fixed and we are not going to take ear marks until it is fixed. >> your decision was a temporary ban. >> we refused to take ear marks because the system is broke. >> we had a moratorium about a year ago. >> chris: we have less than a minute left. congressman van holl...

Here. we took a significant step in our conference and said we will not be seeking any ear marks. a total ban on ear marks this year. whether chris says democrats make the rules and not republican, fine, republican members are not taking each marks. the effect is to say there is a lot of problems with the system and it needs to be fixed and we are not going to take ear marks until it is fixed. >> your decision was a temporary ban. >> we refused to take ear marks because the system is broke. >> we had a moratorium about a year ago. >> chris: we have less than a minute left. congressman van holl...