EDITORIAL: Democrats Shouldn’t Block Investigation of Earmarks

There is little question that if the House Ethics Committee opens a full-scale investigation into possible links between campaign money donated by clients of the lobbying firm PMA and congressional earmarks that sent lucrative contracts to clients of PMA, a few Democrats will suffer some consequences.

On the other hand, if the Democratic Party can be portrayed as blocking an inquiry into hundreds of millions of dollars in possible sweetheart contracts, a lot more Democrats could be hurt politically.

Read more: (Editorial, “Democrats Shouldn’t Block Investigation of Earmarks,” Youngstown Vindicator, 6/19/09)