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Cleaver Secure$ Earmark$ for Client$ of Raided Lobby Shop | Missouri Political News Service

Cleaver Secure$ Earmark$ for Client$ of Raided Lobby Shop

February 24th, 2009 by MarkTwain · No Comments

“The people we represent can feel comfortable with what we have included in this package. Regardless of party, we all cast our votes with one hand and crossed our fingers with the other.”- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

By Roxana Tiron

Clients of a defense lobby shop under investigation are continuing to score earmarks from their patrons in Congress, despite the firm being on the verge of shutting its doors permanently.

Several clients of The PMA Group, which was raided by the FBI in November, are slated to receive earmarks worth at least $8 million in the omnibus spending bill funding the federal government through the rest of fiscal 2009, according to a list of projects put together by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) .

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.): Multi-Disciplined Integrated Collaborative Environment (MDICE) Kansas City Plant (KCP) – Parametric Technology Corp. – $951,500 Read more…

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Congressman Flake (R-AZ) Finds PMA Group Earmarks in Omnibus

We Apologize Rep. Cleaver

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