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The House of Representatives decided Wednesday to spend $8.8 million on projects sought by 11 businesses and educational institutions represented by a lobbying firm that was raided by the FBI raided three months ago.

The money was in a $410 billion spending bill that pays expenses for a dozen Cabinet departments.

House members use such projects, or earmarks, to direct money to a particular government contractor or business in their district.

In November, FBI agents searched the lobbying firm PMA Group and the residence of its founder, Paul Magliocchetti, who once worked for the House Appropriations defense subcommittee. PMA is closing down, and plans to go out of ...

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