About This Episode

In their hunt to discover the "quid" and the "quo," a Pulitzer-prize winning team of reporters from Copley News Service and The San Diego Union-Tribune had to learn the ins and outs of an unfamiliar political insiders' game -- the earmarking process. In this video, reporters Marcus Stern, Jerry Kammer and Dean Calbreath, along with Keith Ashdown of Taxpayers for Common Sense explain how "pay-to-play" works inside the Beltway. For more of Stern, Kammer, and Calbreath, watch the full episode of "EXPOSÉ: America's Investigative Reports: Quid Pro Quo."