Fair Elections: Ending the Earmark Game

• By Monica Youn
• Special to Roll Call
• May 7, 2009, Midnight

In these belt-tightening times, CEOs could be forgiven for salivating over the details of the unfolding PMA scandal: Roll Call recently reported that $542,350 in campaign contributions from PMA clients to three lawmakers on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense yielded more than $100 million in defense earmarks.