Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20120417:14:16:00
Gregg: new details of wasteful government spending known as pork. the annual release of the congressional pig book. it details all the earmark spending in washington and the total cost of this year's pet projects $3.3 billion, that is way down. in 2006 congress spent $29 billion on earmarks. john fund senior editor of the american spectator, author of stealing elections. john, i thought congress put a complete moratorium on earmarks. why are there 3.3 billion? >> reporter: these aren't called earmarks. earmarks are down 98%. the tea party can take an awful lot of credit for that because the 20...
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