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Tue Jun 23

• PMA Client Seeks Restitution for Lost Earmark: The PMA Group, the lobbying titan that closed its doors in March after an FBI raid, has filed more than a dozen lawsuits against former clients for failure to pay outstanding debts. Now, one company has responded with a $3 million countersuit that alleges PMA cheated it out of an earmark it was expecting to receive.

Wed Jun 17

• Earmark Recipients Filled Dicks? Coffers: Last year, Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) secured five defense earmarks for private companies in his hometown of Bremerton, Wash., worth a total of $10 million. Four of the companies shared something in common ? they were all represented by the PMA Group, the now- defunct lobbying firm that has spurred an investigation of earmarks by the House ethics committee.

Mon Jun 8

• Flake wants tighter financial interest rules: The House's most ardent opponent of earmarks wants to prohibit members from accepting campaign contributions from earmark recipients.

Tue May 26

• Rep. Jerry Lewis defends earmark requests: Inland Rep. Jerry Lewis is requesting more than $96 million in federal earmarks for clients of Washington lobbyists whose dealings with the veteran lawmaker were part of a criminal investigation launched three years ago.

Mon May 25

• Touch My Pixel Blog » Blog Archive » Making Convex Polygons from Concave Ones: Ear Clipping

Wed May 20

• An Earmark?s Path Feeds Debate: On March 17, 2008, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) wrote a letter requesting a $1.6 million earmark for an Ohio company to build collapsible polyurethane fuel storage tanks for the military.

Fri May 15

• Lawmakers want to make earmarks easy to find online: Two newly elected lawmakers have introduced legislation meant to force members to disclose earmark requests more clearly on their websites.

Thu May 14

• Argon Talks to Feds: At the request of the federal government, a Virginia-based defense contractor with close ties to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) is providing information for a criminal investigation in Florida surrounding allegations that three men skimmed money from earmarks, according to sources familiar with the case.

Tue May 12

• Air Force Program Built on Earmarks: In 2006, the Air Force created a technology development program at a Florida air base with the understanding that it would cost no Air Force money to run. Instead, contractors who would be doing business with the new unit would lobby Congress for the earmarks to support its work.

Tue May 5

• Murtha's Nephew Got Defense Contracts: The headquarters of Murtech, in a low-slung, bland building in a Glen Burnie business park, has its blinds drawn tight and few signs of life. On several days of visits, a handful of cars sit in the parking lot, and no trucks arrive at the 10 loading bays at the back of the building.

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