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bill. it wouldn't take down the whole bill, it would allow him or her to strike the offending earmark. it would require a two-thirds vote by the senate to override that earmark. now, it's hard to get two-thirds of the members of senate to agree that this is april. so i think it creates a very high hurdle which is exactly what we ought to do. i for one am actually somewhat optimistic that we got the 40 votes. certainly it's not the outcome that we need and that we want but it's progress. and this is the kind of thing that i think will require multiple votes, it's going to require inpu...

four questions. and tom, i wish all members of congress would use those same questions. and then we wouldn't be here talking about earmarks because most of the spending in the federal government is unconstitutional, according to its original intent. you see, the only way we're going to stop this earmarking process and have a permanent ban is for the american citizens to demand a different kind of governance. i mentioned hosea 4:6, my people were destroyed for lack of knowledge. and tom and citizens against government waste are informing people about that wasteful spending. and those ...

>> yeah. you've got this big transportation bill on the floor. it's having a hard time moving through. the states cannot handle federal transportation -- national transportation costs by themselves. it has to be federal money that does it. is it the earmarks that is -- you object to the fact that they've sort of stuck in slyly and in secret or is it just the objection to spending and if it's the slyness and the done tt you guys would be happy with to get stuff moving through congress? >> historically,deral aid highw earmarks. 1956, interstate transportation act, two specific items me...