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On earmarks, because we've got to clean up this broken system. we've ultimately got to reform the earmark system entirely. but until that system's reformed, i think we ought to have a complete ban. i'd like both sides to do it. the republicans in the house did it today. i challenge the colleagues on the other side to do that. it shouldn't be the end, we've still got to reform so many other parts of this broken system and balance the federal budget. >> you can look at any machine in the world, if it's broken, you get bad outcomes. if the car's not put together properly, it doesn't run. so forge...

How are they pulling in the lion's share when you look at federal tax money. >> good question. take a look at who is getting it. robert byrd, the longest serving senator in the united states senate. dan inouye, tad cochran, 1978. these are senators who know how to use the system. sometimes getting support is getting support from somewhere else which is where the system becomes problematic. you don't really know whether people are supporting things because it's good for their constituents or the american people, but these are people in congress for many, many, many years and they have become ex...

Which shattered bones and damaged internal organs. earmarks, mechanisms used by congressional lawmakers to pay for a project usually to benefit his or her constituents. they have evolved from a way of doing business to really a dirty word. that may be changing for better or worse, depending on your point of view. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. >> i hear so much about earmarks, the old earmark system. maybe all of you should start thinking about going back to a form of earmarks. >> defined as specific money designated for a specific project at a speci...

Political cowardice. they didn't want to take the votes before the election. by the way, we have no budget. there's a billion dollars in this pork barrel bill to start implementing obamacare. again, in direct contradiction to the votes of november 2nd. it is really -- i think this is a seminole moment. i say to my republican friends. they gave us a second chance last november. you saw the approval rating of congress is down to 13%. they gave us a second chance. if we republicans allow this to go through and i'm not sure they are gonna give us another chance. >> sean: president obama was electe...

Political cowardice. they didn't want to take the votes before the election. by the way, we have no budget. there's a billion dollars in this pork barrel bill to start implementing obamacare. again, in direct contradiction to the votes of november 2nd. it is really -- i think this is a seminole moment. i say to my republican friends. they gave us a second chance last november. you saw the approval rating of congress is down to 13%. they gave us a second chance. if we republicans allow this to go through and i'm not sure they are gonna give us another chance. >> sean: president obama was electe...