As I noted yesterday, Congressman Tom Davis was recently named "Porker of the Month" by CAGW for his leading role in passing a $1.5 billion pork project through the House last week.

Now comes this article in today's Washington Post:

Wife, Friend Tie Congressman to Consulting Firm
Company's Clients Say They Get Access to Va. Republican

By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, July 28, 2006; Page A01

Two months before Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) became chairman of the powerful House Government Reform Committee in January 2003, one of his close friends formed ICG Government, a consulting company for technology firms seeking government contracts.

Donald W. Upson had risen with Davis through the burgeoning Northern Virginia technology community, where they worked side by side as executives at a company that sold computer systems to the government.

[...]

From the beginning, Upson worked with Davis and his staff as he built his consulting business, which holds seminars on procurement and advises clients on winning government technology contracts worth billions of dollars. Those contracts often came under the oversight of Davis's committee. One of Upson's first hires was Jeannemarie Devolites, a Virginia politician who later married the congressman.

Read it all.