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Defense Appropriators Seek More Than $1.2 Billion In Earmarks

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Thursday, April 16th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford House defense appropriators have requested more than $1.2 billion in Pentagon-related earmarks, with most of that targeted aid sought by a Georgia Democrat eyeing aircraft- related funds for companies including United Technologies [UTX]. House members had an April 3 deadline for submitting earmark requests for priority consideration to the House Appropriations Committee (HAC) for the fiscal year 2010 defense budget. Under new rules, they were required to post those requests for specified appropriations on their congressional Web…

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