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You have situations where michele bachmann and others jim inhofe are saying, well, what about transportation? you re saying, for a bridge or a road, it s important whether or not they can take communion and drink the wine, whether they ll become an alcoholic again, you ve got to go free, you can t take any of these earmarks. and frankly the big issue is they don t need these earmarks. we re arguing over who should spend this stuff but whether she should spend it. these earmarks didn t exist not too long ago. they always have. this is, again, i think this is what the founding fathers intended. they gave congress the power of the purse. i ve worked in the congress and in the white house. i ve seen it from both sides. if there were no earmarks, no congressionally-directed spending, all you would do is, you wouldn t cut the spending. what you would do is empower some bureaucrat at the department of transportation to decide where that road or bridge often that bureaucrat might be ....
Highway bypass ought to be. so my own view, as long as it s disclosed, debated, erick brings up how this is often done in secret, bypassing, that s all wrong, but as long as it s debated and open and people know about, it congress should decide where the money goes. that s what the constitution says. erick, appreciate it, paul, good discussion. earmarks will probably come up in 2012 in the presidential election. the presidential race, we re pleased to announce that cnn is joining with wmur-tv and the new hampshire union leader to bring the first presidential debate june 7th, 2011. see it right here on cnn. i know it s a little far in advance, but mark your calendars. still ahead, the late et on the severe winter weather battering the northeastern u.s. and also canada. hundreds of people were stranded on a highway, it s an unbelievable picture, as the latest rescue on the rescue efforts ahead. plus, men are always told they should show more emotion, well, so how come with john boehn ....
they always have. this is, again, i think this is what the founding fathers intended. they gave congress the power of the purse. i ve worked in the congress and in the white house. i ve seen it from both sides. if there were no earmarks, no congressionally-directed spending, all you would do is, you wouldn t cut the spending. what you would do is empower some bureaucrat at the department of transportation to decide where that road or bridge often that bureaucrat might be wiser but often she might not be. maybe the congressman knows better in his district where the highway bypass ought to be. so my own view, as long as it s disclosed, debated, erick brings up how this is often done in secret, bypassing, that s all wrong, but as long as it s debated and open and people know about, it congress should decide where the money goes. that s what the constitution says. erick, appreciate it, paul, good discussion. earmarks will probably come up in 2012 in the presidential election. the presi ....
Be. maybe the congressman knows better in his district where the highway bypass ought to be. so my own view, as long as it s disclosed, debated, erick brings up how this is often done in secret, bypassing, that s all wrong, but as long as it s debated and open and people know about, it congress should decide where the money goes. that s what the constitution says. erick, appreciate it, paul, good discussion. earmarks will probably come up in 2012 in the presidential election. the presidential race, we re pleased to announce that cnn is joining with wmur-tv and the new hampshire union leader to bring the first presidential debate june 7th, 2011. see it right here on cnn. i know it s a little far in advance, but mark your calendars. still ahead, the late et on the severe winter weather battering the northeastern u.s. and also canada. hundreds of people were stranded on a highway, it s an unbelievable picture, as the latest rescue on the rescue ....