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We, the taxpayer. abc's david kerley has the story. >> reporter: most of us start off our day with at least one cup of coffee. $2 to $5 out of your pocket. you are paying for your member of congress to have a cup of joe or two. >> congress is spending an awful lot of money to entertain their members. >> the sun light foundation crunched the numbers. the house of representatives spent nearly $2 million on coffee and food last year alone. this is a true bipartisan effort.ñi leaders hosting members. republican speaker, $64,000. democratic leader, nancy pelosi, $6 1,000. representative hoyer, $52...

♪ >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >> chris: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. this week, president obama likened the deficit he inheriteinheritedinherited fromh administration to being left with the tab for expensive steak dinner. the next day the president did the same thing himself. after taking two service members and two local barbers to father's day lunch, the group left without paying. the bill was $55.58. unlike the federal deficit, the white house picked up the tab by the end of the day. the sun light foundation launched a new project c...

Attention on the presidential race super pacs have raised over a hundred million for congressional seats alone. the leaders? republican interest groups out spending democrats 4-1 as of last month says "the washington post." thomas macy was in one of the 88 races receiving super pac money so far. now, the kentucky republican finished on top in a seven way race. the sun light foundation saying he got some 3/4 of a million dollars including ad support like this compared to the 1.4 million average that 2008 house candidates spent macy got a lot of help. senate candidates on average spent $8.5 mill...

In a youtube clip in a short sound bite to the public. another interesting thing the study showed is that the further to the extreme on both parties, the further to the extreme the member was, the more plain spoken they were. >> why do you think that is? >> i think because once you get to those extremes, things become very black and white and get sort of boiled down to the essentials and there's that pop list element. so as we've seen the house become more divided, it makes sense that sort of plain spok spokeness would follow. >> a senior fellow at the sun light foundation said this. congress ...

Union through the eyes of our president claiming it is getting stronger. well next we'll ask our wednesday megapanel for their assessment and what we can do to bring jobs and prosperity, collectively, back to this great country of ours. and then a little auction 2012 for you. the sun light foundation shining a light on the super spending this election cycle. they are our guests this hour and the spending is no better recruiting vehicle for getting money out so have at it, boys. plus, what if your car's speedometer reads 40 miles per hour even when you're stopped at a red light? you probably ge...