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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...