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Than a rounding error. eight votes still leaves the council one vote short of being able to override vincent gray. he said i strongly urge the council to consider whether this legislation will actually promote strong economic development in the district and expand job opportunities for residents in the district. he's afraid the bill the drive business, walmart out of d.c. walmart pulled the same stunt in chicago seven years ago. walmart threatened to cancel plans to open several new stores in the city, and mayor daley vetoed the bill. let's be clear, this has nothing to do with walmart's balan...

Fund? what fund pays for it? >> i don't know which fund. >> we've got to find that out. we've got to find out where these pinhead cabinet people. ed schaefer, former secretary of agriculture. there's ed, okay? and this -- you know, they go around -- between $20,000 and $45,000, and one more, jim nicholson, the former v.a. chief, there's jim. look at him. he has the same tie on in the portrait that he has looking at the portrait. >> that was worth $10,000. >> all right. so this comes at i think it's probably discretionary funds in their organizations, in their government organizations, and they...

The portrait. >> that was worth $10,000. >> all right. so this comes at i think it's probably discretionary funds in their organizations, in their government organizations, and they just peel it out, you know. jim, i like jim nickson, but, you know, 40 grand could buy two track chairs for the guys who have no arms or legs in the v.a., you know what i'm talking about? >> a rounding error. let's eliminate the entire department. we don't need them. >> don't go crazy. >> education, commerce, agriculture. we don't need them. >> if it was up to you, stossel, we'd have three tents in washington and o...

The portrait. >> that was worth $10,000. >> all right. so this comes at i think it's probably discretionary funds in their organizations, in their government organizations, and they just peel it out, you know. jim, i like jim nickson, but, you know, 40 grand could buy two track chairs for the guys who have no arms or legs in the v.a., you know what i'm talking about? >> a rounding error. let's eliminate the entire department. we don't need them. >> don't go crazy. >> education, commerce, agriculture. we don't need them. >> if it was up to you, stossel, we'd have three tents in washington and o...

Billion of a million dollars to the american taxpayers. we're footing a lot of expensive vacations for the first family and his point is, a little austerity might be in order at the top in a time like this when, you know, the other -- when the people are being shut out of their own house. >> the president put himself in this jam because he lowered the threshold for what an acceptable amount of spending to discuss. government spent 3.6 trillion dollars a year, how would you ever think about increments of money so small and it just becomes a rounding error. when the president started talking $74...