elected representative tim scott, who has been working worg with senator graham to find a way to get the money and pledged to be fiscally restrained. we find ourselves in a difficult position. at the end of the day, you cannot, i have to emphasize this, you cannot have a process that identifies and/or earmarks funds for charlesson to specifically. senator graham upped upped te ante, threatening to hold up the nomination for various positions. he tweeted no nomination goes forward in senate until we address chs, or charleston port. he may be backing off that a bit now in the meantime, the sole south carolina democrat in the house is chiding the anti-earmarkers. if we are going to allow ideology to harm our state s economy, there is something wrong with that. reporter: senator graham and demint are working to develop an account based on a
with senator graham to find a way to get the money and pledged to be fiscally restrained. we find ourselves in a difficult position. at the end of the day, you cannot, i have to emphasize this, you cannot have a process that identifies and/or earmarks funds for charlesson to specifically. senator graham upped upped te ante, threatening to hold up the nomination for various positions. he tweeted no nomination goes forward in senate until we address chs, or charleston port. he may be backing off that a bit now in the meantime, the sole south carolina democrat in the house is chiding the anti-earmarkers. if we are going to allow ideology to harm our state s economy, there is something wrong with that. reporter: senator graham and demint are working to develop an account based on a merit system and ultimately could get money for the charlesstop port.
load up all the information. so nike is here, ford, a lot of companies realized that consumer electronics are flowing into everything. sounds good, paul, thank you very much. a quick look at things out there. chuck and savannah, back to you. thanks, tamron. i have to say, i still can t figure out why i have to put on glasses to watch tv, savannah. just not there yet. don t miss news nation today with tamron hall, broadcasting live from the ces, consumer electronics show in vegas. vegas and geekery in one place. i m sorry, you know it s a dream. add a little booze and cigarettes, i mean, what can i say? and sports gambling and it s all done. anyway, up next, we re going to get serious again. republican congressman jeff fly, one of the original anti earmarkers, taking aim again. what is his strategy for getting lawmakers, even members of his own party, to get rid of all that pork? but first, the white house
how are we ever going to fix the economy? hi, everybody. i m david asman. welcome to forbes on fox. in focus with rich karlgaard, victoria barret, quentin hardy, dennis neil. they re tacking on 136 earmarks himself in the last three years alone the total price tag over a quarter of a $1 billion. victoria, does it mean even the g.o.p. doesn t get it? that is what i m worried about. i don t know his capacity for change, but he loves earmarks. the number four earmarkers last year, parkway named after him. he brought so much pork to his constituents and now we re putting him in charge? it doesn t ring true for what voters have told both parties. david: it is true there are a couple of anti-earmarkers, jeff flay and people who are true blue. but bottom line he s a porker.