Lobbying Firm's Capitol Hill Connections (PMA-Murtha Scandal-Is your Rep on the list?)

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February 19,2009

Lobbying Firm's Capitol Hill Connections

This chart lists members of the House who secured earmarks for clients of The PMA Group in the fiscal 2008 defense appropriations law, which was enacted in 2007. It shows the value of earmarks for projects requested only by that one lawmaker, those requested jointly with another lawmaker, and whether The PMA Group's political action committee or its employees gave that House member campaign money between 2001 and 2008. Full Story

Bold = Member Did Not Receive PMA Money between 2001 and 2008
* = No Longer Serving in the House
# = Member of House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee in the 110th Congress

Democrats

Requesting Member	State	$ Secured Solo	$ Secured w/Others	Total Credited	PMA campaign $ since 2001
Peter J. Visclosky#	Indiana	$21,400,000	$2,400,000	$23,800,000	$219,000
John P. Murtha#	Pennsylvania	$31,705,000	$2,400,000	$34,105,000	$143,600
James P. Moran#	Virginia	$8,400,000	$2,400,000	$10,800,000	$125,250
Norm Dicks#	Washington	$11,330,000	$800,000	$12,130,000	$91,600
Bill Pascrell Jr.	New Jersey		$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$73,200
Mike Doyle	Pennsylvania	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$69,400
Loretta Sanchez	California	$3,200,000		$3,200,000	$60,118
Tim Holden	Pennsylvania	$3,200,000		$3,200,000	$57,275
Tim Ryan	Ohio	$1,000,000		$1,000,000	$54,250
Michael E. Capuano	Massachusetts	$2,000,000	$800,000	$2,800,000	$54,000
Chet Edwards	Texas	$6,040,000		$6,040,000	$48,734
Silvestre Reyes	Texas	$800,000		$800,000	$42,300
Christopher Carney	Pennsylvania		$5,900,000	$5,900,000	$38,500
Paul E. Kanjorski	Pennsylvania	$1,600,000	$3,200,000	$4,800,000	$37,150
Marcy Kaptur#	Ohio	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$34,500
Carolyn McCarthy	New York	$1,000,000		$1,000,000	$31,500
Patrick J. Murphy	Pennsylvania	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$29,250
Allyson Y. Schwartz	Pennsylvania		$800,000	$800,000	$25,000
Jason Altmire	Pennsylvania	$2,600,000		$2,600,000	$24,500
Brad Sherman	California	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$15,500
Susan A. Davis	California		$800,000	$800,000	$13,750
Allen Boyd#	Florida	$6,400,000	$2,200,000	$8,600,000	$12,000
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.#	Georgia	$1,200,000	$2,400,000	$3,600,000	$10,500
Jane Harman	California	$2,400,000		$2,400,000	$10,500
Jim Matheson	Utah		$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$10,000
Steve Israel	New York		$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$8,500
Jerrold Nadler	New York	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$8,500
Joe Sestak	Pennsylvania	$1,280,000		$1,280,000	$8,500
Jim Marshall	Georgia		$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$7,000
Mark Udall*	Colorado		$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$6,533
Michael H. Michaud	Maine		$800,000	$800,000	$6,500
Tom Allen*	Maine		$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$5,750
Danny K. Davis	Illinois	$295,000		$295,000	$5,500
Robert E. Andrews	New Jersey		$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$5,000
Gene Taylor	Mississippi	$800,000		$800,000	$4,750
Nancy Pelosi	California	$2,000,000		$2,000,000	$4,500
David E. Price	North Carolina		$800,000	$800,000	$4,000
Steven R. Rothman#	New Jersey	$800,000	$2,400,000	$3,200,000	$4,000
Brian Higgins	New York		$3,400,000	$3,400,000	$3,000
Brad Miller	North Carolina		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$2,250
Brad Ellsworth	Indiana		$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$2,000
Ed Perlmutter	Colorado		$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$2,000
Phil Hare	Illinois		$6,800,000	$6,800,000	$1,500
Martin Meehan*	Massachusetts		$2,800,000	$2,800,000	$1,500
Howard L. Berman	California	$800,000		$800,000	$1,000
Carolyn B. Maloney	New York	$3,200,000		$3,200,000	$1,000
Ben Chandler	Kentucky	$2,400,000		$2,400,000	$250
Shelley Berkley	Nevada		$2,400,000	$2,400,000
Dan Boren	Oklahoma		$2,000,000	$2,000,000
Leonard L. Boswell	Iowa		$1,650,000	$1,650,000
Baron P. Hill	Indiana		$1,600,000	$1,600,000
Gwen Moore	Wisconsin		$400,000	$400,000
Christopher S. Murphy	Connecticut		$400,000	$400,000
Mike Thompson	California	$1,000,000		$1,000,000

Republicans

Requesting Member	State	$ Secured Solo	$ Secured w/Others	Total Credited	PMA campaign $ since 2001
David L. Hobson*#	Ohio	$3,500,000		$3,500,000	$70,050
Jerry Lewis	California	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	$8,000,000	$34,649
Rodney Frelinghuysen#	New Jersey	$2,500,000	$4,800,000	$7,300,000	$29,129
Ander Crenshaw	Florida	$1,000,000		$1,000,000	$27,300
Zach Wamp	Tennessee	$2,800,000		$2,800,000	$23,900
Todd Tiahrt#	Kansas	$5,000,000	$2,000,000	$7,000,000	$21,250
Tom Reynolds*	New York		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$12,000
Jack Kingston#	Georgia	$4,000,000	$2,400,000	$6,400,000	$11,500
H. James Saxton*	New Jersey	$2,000,000	$1,500,000	$3,500,000	$11,500
Jo Ann Emerson	Missouri		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$11,000
C.W. Bill Young#	Florida	$16,000,000	$4,400,000	$20,400,000	$10,750
Howard P. "Buck" McKeon	California	$1,000,000	$4,000,000	$5,000,000	$9,500
Heather Wilson*	New Mexico		$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$9,000
Jim Walsh*	New York	$2,400,000		$2,400,000	$8,500
Mark Steven Kirk	Illinois	$390,000		$390,000	$7,750
Todd Akin	Missouri		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$7,500
Ray LaHood*	Illinois		$7,800,000	$7,800,000	$7,450
Jeff Miller	Florida	$1,600,000	$2,200,000	$3,800,000	$7,000
Duncan Hunter*	California	$15,200,000		$15,200,000	$6,500
Chris Cannon*	Utah		$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$6,000
Kay Granger	Texas		$3,600,000	$3,600,000	$6,000
Joe Knollenberg*	Michigan		$2,800,000	$2,800,000	$6,000
David Dreier	California	$3,000,000		$3,000,000	$5,000
Jim Gerlach	Pennsylvania		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$4,500
Tom Latham	Iowa		$5,150,000	$5,150,000	$4,500
Joe L. Barton	Texas	$2,400,000		$2,400,000	$4,000
J. Dennis Hastert*	Illinois		$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$3,500
Roscoe G. Bartlett	Maryland		$400,000	$400,000	$3,000
Peter Hoekstra	Michigan		$3,700,000	$3,700,000	$2,500
Howard Coble	North Carolina		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$2,000
John T. Doolittle*	California	$2,400,000		$2,400,000	$2,000
Kenny Hulshof*	Missouri	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$2,000
Steve Pearce*	New Mexico		$6,500,000	$6,500,000	$2,000
Bill Shuster	Pennsylvania	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$2,000
Frank A. LoBiondo	New Jersey		$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,500
Rob Bishop	Utah		$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$1,000
Geoff Davis	Kentucky		$6,800,000	$6,800,000	$1,000
Virgil H. Goode Jr.*	Virginia		$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$1,000
Doug Lamborn	Colorado		$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000
Kenny Marchant	Texas		$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$1,000
Christopher Shays*	Connecticut	$1,600,000		$1,600,000	$1,000
John Sullivan	Oklahoma		$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$1,000
Tom Tancredo*	Colorado		$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,000
Michael C. Burgess	Texas		$2,400,000	$2,400,000	$500
Ralph M. Hall	Texas		$2,400,000	$2,400,000
Doc Hastings	Washington	$1,600,000		$1,600,000
Sam Johnson	Texas		$1,200,000	$1,200,000
Todd R. Platts	Pennsylvania		$4,400,000	$4,400,000
Rick Renzi*	Arizona		$2,400,000	$2,400,000
Pete Sessions	Texas	$1,600,000	$4,800,000	$6,400,000

Methodology: The watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense put together a database of the earmarks secured for PMA clients. CQ analyzed that to determine how many House members got earmarks for PMA clients and how much each lawmaker got in total for PMA clients. The data for campaign contributions comes from CQ MoneyLine, which used information compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics to help identify PMA employees.

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