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“$2,000,000 to Medico Industries for Medium Caliber Metal Parts Upgrade”

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Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
1500 Highway 315
Wilkes-Barre, PA
18711
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
1500 Highway 315 Wilkes-Barre, PA
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
Sells a wide selection of construction equipment, including wheel loaders, skid steers, forklifts, excavators, backhoes, crawler dozers, articulated dump trucks and sole source manufacturer of projectile and warhead metal parts for DOD
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
Yes
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Contracts (Fedspending.org):  Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
No
Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
Yes
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
No
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
URL of Lobbying Data from OpenSecrets  Research contributed by:



Comments, notes, additional research...

badwater wrote:

Open Secrets Donor lookup did not identify any political donations. However, it is a private company and when I queried the system using the primary owners name, Medico, the system identified over $85K in donations by company management to various Congressmens campaigns.

posted June 18, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.



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