Ethics Panel Says Calvert-Requested Earmark Passes Test

• By Paul Singer
• Roll Call Staff
• May 17, 2007, 4:32 p.m.

The House ethics committee has declared that an earmark requested by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) to build a commuter transit center near a handful of properties he owns would not be an impermissible financial conflict because any benefit to Calvert would be shared by other similarly situated landowners.