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But when it came to wall street reform that would protect consumers and prevent future bailouts, every senate republican voted no. republicans voted to block reform after a fundraiser with wall street lobbyists. republicans stood by as wall street ran wild. now, they're standing with the big banks again. tell republicans if they side with wall street over main street, you won't be siding with them. the democratic national committee is responsible for the content of this advertisement. >> here's the problem. three days after holding out to have a voice in the bill, they're now going to move for...

Proposing closing those parks. but other parks do cost state money. they're publicly subsidized and in some of the cases we have put them on the closure list. >> reporter: and again, in the state of new york, right now there is a $9.2 billion deficit. if all of the parks on the list that are being talked about to close, it will mean cutting $6.4 million off of that number. so the park advocates say it's not really a lot, but the state people say actually, we need to make that cut. so it's still up for debate as it is in many other states across the nation. brian? >> brian: laura ingle, thank y...

Catering at the washington hilton over 14 months. the rnc doubled that in just three days. spending $340,000 on a recent gathering in hawaii. >> there are often times criticizing the other for how lavishly they spend money in congress. or in government. at the end of the day, both parties are spending tens of millions of dollars. even hundreds of millions of dollars to run the party's operations. >> reporter: by contrast, typical non-profit spends no more than 25% of the total revenue on administrative and fundraising costs. picking up the tab at the right places, james rosen, fox news. >> bri...

Republican national committees sending lop-sided funds on staff needs and lavish lusry items. dnc spent $60 million or 60% of the total revenue on administrative and fundraising costs and the rnc posted higher totals. >> these are tips, these are gym memberships. we see a variety of things on there that, not a normal person might consider to be a core party expense. >> leprechaun says, "not without a spoon!" [ laughter ] one thing the parties say, if you wine and dine donors you can't throw a burger down your throat. you have to do it in a style they're accustomed to. >> have a seat! >> report...