We should have passed 180 appropriation bills on time before the start of the fiscal year they were funding. We've passed 6. That's a 96.7% failure rate. And The only way they pass them this year, $14 billion in earmarks. Even though our conference has has a resolution against earmarks. We enjoyed, you know, we got up to the trough and $14 billion, earmarks. So again, it's a broken, dysfunctional system. (06:44–06:49)
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Asserts that $14 billion in earmarks were used to pass appropriation bills this year.
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