When Do Personal Financial Interests Prohibit Earmarks?
by C. Simon Davidson Q: I am a staffer for a Member of the House and am responsible for her earmark requests. For years, she has obtained earmarks that specifically benefit a company that is a major employer in her district. Recently, the company acquired a corporation in which my Members husband holds stock. He received the stock as a gift from his godparents when he was a child, and he has held it ever since. Because the acquisition was paid for by stock, he is now a stockholder in the company that has been the subject of my Members earmark requests. I know that the new rules prohibit a Member from requesting an earmark that benefits the Members spouse. In light of those rules, if her husband keeps the stock, must she stop requesting earmarks that benefit the company? A: In early 2007, as part of its ethics overhaul, the House added a clause to the Code of Official Conduct providing that when Members request certain fiscal legislative provisions, they must certify that they have no f
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