in his own uniform. the story is an investigation into the extreme world the world of extreme militias and no way about the marine or any of the u.s. armed forces. the marines had this response saying the marine corps has nothing to do with that militia. missouri democratic congressman russ carnahan is defending a stimulus grant that sent $107 million to his brother s company win capital group of st. louis for a wind farm project. republican critics argue the grant was inappropriate because of the family s political connections. media reports say congressman carnahan maintains the attacks particularly for republican challenger ed martin, due to the critic support for oil companies over renewable energy sources. win capital reportedly had a rocky first four years and the wind farm was put on hold until the stimulus bill passed. owner tom carnahan admitted in 2009, we never really like to say it outloud.
opposition. reporter: after a meeting at the white house, democratic congressional leaders declared the past two years a success because republicans didn t produce gridlock. that has been their objective in the house and senate. what was the result? they failed. reporter: house republican leader john boehner said the 111 congress was not colluding as collapsing. instead of tallying up a time flurry of legislative output, observers and constituents ask what went wrong? reporter: the democrats tally had last year s recovery act and this year s regulatory reform. republicans focussed on the failure to continue the tax cuts which has been put off until the lame duck session after the elections. even with the clear bipartisan majority and the support of the american people we could not get a single up or down vote. boehner says congress is broken. white house agrees. the system up there is really broken. reporter: boehner blames more parties but democrats blame