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Committee. kentucky congressman hal rogers has pushed through 135 earmarks with almost $250 million in two years. martin kady is politico s congressional bureau chief. good to have you with us. you re reporting today that some in gop circles are having a little bit of regret about banning earmarks. let me read a portion of the piece that was in politico. many republicans are now worried that the bridges in their districts won t be fixed, the tariff relief isn t coming, and the water systems may not be built without a little direction from congress. okay, so suddenly they re wondering if this was such a great idea? well, yeah. their earmark moratorium is so absolute that even some of the most conservative members like michele bachmann or jack kingston are wondering, well, now we re going to turn over a big lump sum to the army corps of engineers and it s up to them ....