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As well as good policy. it will be good for america, not just good for democrats. but in order to get any of these battles done, we're going to have to change the way that washington works. now, we may get a lot of attention for it, but we've actually already begun to do that. we've reined in the power of the special interests with the toughest ethics and transparency rules of any administration in the modern era. we're the first white house ever to post our visitors online. we've excluded lobbyists from policy-making jobs or seats on federal boards and commissions. i've called on congress to ...

Earmark requests public on one central website before they come up for a vote and to require lobbyists to discuss details of their contacts on behalf of their clients with the administration or with congress. that's why working with people bike dick durbin who's been vocal on this for a long time, we've got to confront the gaping loophole that the supreme court recently opened in our campaign finance laws that allowed special interests to spend without limit to influence american elections. we've also got to get back to fiscal responsibility and i spoke about this in the state of the union. ju...

Compared to what he was as a candidate this is an amazing slipging presidency at this time. >> did you get the impression he almost was attempting to get the chamber to rise, and chant yes, we can. he missed the adulation? >> two of the places i was really struck by, one was the total explicit hypocrisy of speaker nancy pelosi smiling an standing to applaud when he called for the end of ear marks. i thought it was such a total act of hypocrisy knowing that chairman okay bi has just asked for members to submit all of their earmark requests by march. if you look at that particular clip it is tru...

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Amid healthcare and tax cuts and everything else, lawmakers failed to set aside money for the future. that bill comes due this weekend. the government runs out of money saturday. today with the clock ticking, a spending plan emerged in the senate is not just for basics but with the extras in the form of thousands of maligned earmark requests. that could lead to a protracted battle. >> this is exactly the kind of mischief that the american people are sick of. >> reporter: absent intervention, funding for the federal government run dry, the house passed $1.1 trillion continuing resolution design...