Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170323:22:16:00
Projects, special projects for a district. we'll give you a bridge, a center named after you. favors for members of congress in exchange for their votes. they don't have that anymore. they got rid of earmarks. the other thing they had, they had this guy to him d tom delay who was the whip. he was a tactician and strategist. he could whip and get those votes in shape. they don't have anybody in the house. >> earmarks are in that tax code the 3500, special deals for special people. that's why earmarks have so unattractive. you may have a research center in your district. you get an earmark back ...
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