Passage of the Shutdown Fairness act and even better yet, the Eliminate Shutdown Act. None of those is included. But what is included is about $14.3 billion of earmarks. The ranking member of the Senate Appropriation Committee has over a half a billion dollars in earmarks alone. Now, the three or four senators have over $400 billion. I mean, that is grotesque. It's again, the gateway drug. It's one of the reasons we're approaching $39 trillion in debt and mortgage our children's future. (03:34–03:40)
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Asserts that the ranking member of the Senate Appropriation Committee has over $500 million in earmarks.
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