Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120814:22:22:00
For $5.4 million in earmarks in 2008. earmarks, millions of dollars, for a deficit hawk? >> well, you know, earmark game, as you well know, has been in this a long time. what people are looking at and questioning is that the republican congress in recent years has -- earmarks. clearly right before they decided to do that, they were knee-deep in them and i think paul ryan as the budget committee chairman had a lot of clout. he could get some of these things insert flood these appropriations bills. he did that. i think the deeper question that you got at, you mentioned, is i think people will qu...
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