Sunlight maps Visclosky's 'pay-to-play' earmarks

Federal investigators are probing the relationship between three prominent Members of Congress and their relationship to a now-defunct lobbying firm that appears to have been the fulcrum of a massive “pay-to-play” scheme in which the representatives offered earmarks in return for campaign contributions.

The three congressmen are Representatives John Murtha of Pennsylvania, Jim Moran of Virginia and Pete Visclosky of Indiana, all Democrats. The defunct lobbying group was known as the PMA Group. It was started by a former Murtha aide.