of that. the president said he will refuse to further extend. this puts us on slippery slope. i don t like jeopardizing the social security. i don t like extension for millionaires and billionaires because they did not produce the trickle down promised. they were marketed as the creation and job creation. that didn t happen. data is there to assess. shame on us if we don t learn from history. uma: speaking of learning lesson and hearing from the voters. in the last election, the message was loud and clear. a lot of folks were surprised about what was taking place this week on capitol hill. with the omnibus spending bill. the fact that so many earmarks were part of that package. you were supporting other earmarks at the time and including technology to combat asian longhorn beetles in new