OpenSecrets | Ethics Panel Members Received Paltry PMA Contributions - Capital Eye
Democrats have received 58 percent of the $40.3 million total in contributions from PMA and its clients. President Obama has raked in $839,700. Only three congressmen have raised more.
Some members of Congress are currently drawing media scrutiny (and Justice Department subpoenas) as a result of their close financial ties to a defunct lobbying shop, PMA Group, which was raided by federal agents late last year. But the House Ethics Committee members who began an investigation into the firm's activities last week have received relatively little in the way of campaign donations from PMA and its defense-contractor clients.
Panel chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and ranking member Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) have received a combined total of $114,550 from PMA and its former clients, which include CRP "Heavy Hitters" Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, since 1998. Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.) received the most money, $129,150, of any committee member, but 88 congressmen have taken more contributions from PMA and its clients. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) collected the least, $4,500, and checks in at No. 447 in terms of contributions from PMA and its clients. (For the entire list, click here: PMA_and_Clients_to_111th.xls)
Democrats have received 58 percent of the $40.3 million total in contributions from PMA and its clients. President Obama has raked in $839,700. Only three congressmen have raised more.
Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.) and Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) rank first and second in terms of receiving donations from the controversial firm and its clients. They will likely be the subjects of the panel's inquiry. Visclosky and his former top staffer have already been subpoenaed. The two Democrats have collected a total of $3.8 million from PMA and its clients over the past 10 years. For more information on the PMA Group, check out the following Capital Eye posts:
PMA group and its Clients Paid Out $40.3 Million to Current Congress (March 12, 2009)
Visclosky Leaves Subcommittee to Member Without Strong Ties to PMA (June 2, 2009)
Capital Eye Report: Donors Weigh in on Close Ties Between Moran Brothers (June 9, 2009)
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