Comments on: Democrats’ Earmark Rules Bite Democrats

By: mjB

mjB — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:11:45 +0000

I bet Rod Blago is even more confused now…..he probably doesn’t understand why HE got in so much trouble but everyone else gets away with it….

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/153105...

mB

By: mjB

mjB — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:11:45 +0000

By: uh-oh - Nearly One-Forth of the House got donations from corrupt firm connected to Murtha | Political Byline

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:01:15 +0000

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By: Neo

Neo — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:49:10 +0000

What is illegal is 'identity theft'

Marvin Hoffman is listed in campaign finance records as one of the many lobbyists with the powerful PMA Group donating money to lawmakers. But Hoffman is a soon-to-retire information technology manager in Marina del Rey, Calif., who has never heard of the Arlington lobbying firm or the Indiana congressman to whom he supposedly gave $2,000.

"It's alarming that someone is stealing my identity somewhere," Hoffman, 75, said in an interview. "I've never heard of this company."

This obviously would be illegal for PMA Group to do, but what isn't know yet, is whether any of the targets of PMA Group knew this was going on.

By: house » Blog Archive » The Washington Independent » Democrats’ Earmark Rules Bite Democrats

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:25:42 +0000

[...] Larxene wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCQ is reporting today that 104 House members — nearly a quarter of the lower chamber — secured earmarks in a 2008 defense spending bill for clients of a single lobbying firm with strong ties to powerhouse appropriator Rep. … for a Clear Afghanistan Strategy · Senate Passes $838 Billion Stimulus With (Minor) Help From Republicans · Stimulus Tweaking Its Way Through House · The Unemployed Can Get Health Care — and Little Else · Waxman Cleaning House in Energy Committee … [...]