The Money Trail: John Murtha, PMA, Earmarks and More

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Ex-Air Force Employee Pleads Guilty in Case Tied to Murtha Earmark

Jul 20, 2009

A former Air Force employee pleaded guilty Monday to skimming money from an earmark that was provided to a Pennsylvania defense contractor by Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.).

Appropriations Panel Routinely Destroyed Old Earmark Requests

Jul 14, 2009

The House ethics committee has announced that it is investigating the links between earmarks and campaign contributions, but if investigators are looking at any activity prior to 2007, they could r...

DOJ Says Murtha Earmark Money Was Illicitly Distributed

Jul 9, 2009

A contracting firm that had hired the brother of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) as its lobbyist took the proceeds from a Murtha-provided, $8.2 million Air Force earmark and distributed hundreds of thousa...

Murtha-Linked Firm Charged

Jul 8, 2009

The Justice Department this week filed criminal charges against a defense contractor who has received millions of dollars worth of earmarks from Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), bringing together two para...

Murtha Earmarks Funded Garment Company’s Sonar Project

Jul 7, 2009

For the past several years, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) has funneled more than $3 million in earmarks to a company in his district to build an underwater “swimmer detection” sonar system for the Navy ...

PMA Client Seeks Restitution for Lost Earmark

Jun 23, 2009

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 compan...

Ethics Panel Confirms Investigation of PMA Group

Jun 11, 2009

The House ethics committee is investigating the PMA Group and its ties to lawmakers, the panel confirmed Thursday.

Democrats Look to Neutralize GOP Ethics Attacks

Jun 4, 2009

House Democrats on Wednesday tried to neutralize a months-long Republican attack on senior Democratic appropriators’ ties to the now-defunct lobbying firm PMA Group by calling on the ethics committ...

Visclosky Gives Up Control of Appropriations Bill

Jun 2, 2009

Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.) is handing off control of the energy and water spending bill as he confronts a federal investigation into his ties to a now-defunct lobbying firm.

Visclosky’s Offices and Employees Subpoenaed in Federal Probe

May 29, 2009

Federal investigators have subpoenaed Rep. Peter Visclosky’s (D-Ind.) offices and certain employees as part of a grand jury probe of the lawmaker’s ties to a now-defunct lobbying firm, the lawmaker...

House Rejects Bid to Strip Murtha Airport Funds

May 21, 2009

Hoping to head into the Memorial Day recess with a bang, House Republicans used a procedural motion on Thursday afternoon to try to block funding for a little-used airport named after Rep. John Mur...

Flake Offers Democrats a Deal on PMA Resolutions

May 6, 2009

Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is renewing his challenge to House Democrats to confront the ongoing scandal surrounding the PMA Group, the now-defunct lobbying firm with close ties to senior appropriators.

Florida Case Involves Firms Close to Murtha

Apr 30, 2009

A federal court in Florida is scheduled to begin a criminal trial next month featuring an intriguing cast of characters, with multiple links to the PMA Group and other entities in the orbit of Rep....

Democratic Freshmen Told PMA Resolution Could Incite Ethics Witch Hunt

Apr 29, 2009

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday brought her quiet push to contain the fallout from the unfolding PMA Group scandal to a critical front: her own freshmen.

Watchdog Groups Want Ethics Panel Probe of PMA Ties

Apr 25, 2009

Democracy 21 and other good-government groups are expected to ask the House ethics committee next week for an investigation into lawmakers with close ties to defunct lobbying firm PMA Group, Democr...