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Money scandals and abram move and item delay. and i think if you look there is a recent report exonerating a bunch of congressmen for trading cam bain contributions for ear marks. it is pretty shocking. they are basically getting contributions from people on the one hand and ear marking funds on the other. i think it adds to the sense that congress is not acting in the public interest but rather the interest of particular contributors. >> chris: let me put up the republicans greatest hits from 2006 mara, because they are interesting. republicans are comparing the culture of corruption to what ...

And item delay. and i think if you look there is a recent report exonerating a bunch of congressmen for trading cam bain contributions for ear marks. it is pretty shocking. they are basically getting contributions from people on the one hand and ear marking funds on the other. i think it adds to the sense that congress is not acting in the public interest but rather the interest of particular contributors. >> chris: let me put up the republicans greatest hits from 2006 mara, because they are interesting. republicans are comparing the culture of corruption to what the democrats used against the...

Like a dag tag. in a sting operation, he was captured on videotape to decline a bribe but musing about a future deal. one that earned him the status of unindicted coconspirator. he was also aggressive user of ear marks for projects, one of them was an airport named in his own honor. >> he was criticized because he brought a lot to his own district in pennsylvania, johnstown. he wasn't the only member of congress who did those things. though he voted to authorize the war in iraq, late 2005 he was calling for withdrawal. the criticism stung the bush administration. >> i disagree with jack. >> ...

>> controversy stuck to him like a dag tag. in a sting operation, he was captured on videotape to decline a bribe but musing about a future deal. one that earned him the status of unindicted coconspirator. he was also aggressive user of ear marks for projects, one of them was an airport named in his own honor. >> he was criticized because he brought a lot to his own district in pennsylvania, johnstown. he wasn't the only member of congress who did those things. though he voted to authorize the war in iraq, late 2005 he was calling for withdrawal. the criticism stung the bush administration. ...

Solve is most of it is coming from entitlements that people like. and it has to do with the fact that there's this huge gap between the amount of money being paid out and the amount of money coming in. everybody understands this here, but i think there's a misperception in the public. if you ask your average constituent where does federal dollars go, they'll tell you foreign aid. and you say, well, foreign aid accounts for 1% of our budget. and then they'll say, well, ear marks. look, i think we have to discipline ourselves on earmarks just because symbolically i think it makes people feel lik...