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for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our siem um cast of "back story -- simulcast of "back guys." "backstory" with the american history guys. host ed ayers, peter onoff and edward gallo regale with tales of spirits in america. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. actor alec baldwin is in washington, d.c. this week promoting federal funding for arts and education programs. he spoke at the national press club monday and took questions from the audience....

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...