Wednesday, February 15, 2006
USATODAY.com - Senate aide's spouse gets a windfall
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., used a process called 'earmarking' 13 times to set aside $48.7 million for six clients represented by lobbyist Michael Herson and the firm he co-founded, American Defense International. The clients paid Herson's firm nearly $1.5 million in fees since 2002, federal lobbying records show.
