.... For example, Democrat John Murtha, Chairman of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense, has received $29,000 from DRS Technologies this election cycle. DRS got $30 million in earmarks in fiscal 2008, Murtha accounted for $8 million himself.

.... According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based watchdog group, Congress disclosed 11,234 earmarks totaling $14.8 billion in bills covering government spending this year.