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.
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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.
