The Earmarks Game - Wilkes & Doolittle

In the Washington Post's story detailing the pay-for-play adventures of So Cal defense contractor, Brent Wilkes, it comes at no surprise that Representative John Doolittle's relationship with Wilkes would receive mention:

A month later, Wilkes hired the Alexander Strategy Group, a lobby shop run by former aides of then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). Wilkes, Gelwix and their wives and associates then began donating to DeLay, Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.), a member of the Appropriations Committee, among others.

They donated more than $85,000 to Doolittle's campaign and political action committee between 2002 and 2005. Doolittle acknowledged to The Washington Post recently that he sponsored earmarks, totaling $37 million, in defense funding bills for PerfectWave Technologies, beginning in 2002. Wilkes divested his majority interest in PerfectWave late last year after the Cunningham charges and his role in them became public.

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