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	John P. Murtha - Congresspedia
		Kit Murtha, John Murtha's younger brother, was employed from 1999 to 2003 by a lobbying firm, KSA Consulting, that specializes in defense contracting and appropriations.
		Murtha has helped secure millions in earmarks for the clients of the PMA Group, which also happen to be some of his top career campaign contributors.
		Murtha was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1968 and served there until 1974, when he ran in a special election for Pennsylvania's 12th District.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=John_Murtha (3343 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: John Murtha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Murtha was born in New Martinsville, West Virginia, near the border with Ohio, and grew up in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where as a youth he became an Eagle Scout.
		Murtha was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1968 and served there until 1974, when he ran in a special election for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district.
		Murtha faced tough primary challenges in 1982, 1990 and again in 2002.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Murtha (7448 words)

	All Immigration Votes of Representative John Murtha
		Murtha’s vote was on the side of America’s farm workers and on the side of limiting illegal immigration.
		Murtha voted FOR H RES 365, which was brought up and passed in a new form in March of 2002.
		Murtha was part of a 336-43 majority voting in favor of the four-month extension of Section 245(i).
	profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=PA&VIPID=703 (6121 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On John Murtha
		John Murtha, a hawkish Pennsylvania Democrat who voted for the war but now favors withdrawing troops, said the administration has botched the war so badly that a draft might be needed.
		John Murtha, the hawkish Pennsylvania Democrat who voted in favor of the war but recently called for troops to withdraw, said in a statement: It's interesting to me that they generalize the support for the war.
		John Murtha, D-Johnstown, imagines himself to be the scourge of the hawks in the Bush administration.
	news.surfwax.com /politics/files/John_Murtha_Pennsylvania.html (4132 words)

	TAP: Web Feature: Murtha's Missile Misgivings. by Noy Thrupkaew. September 12, 2001. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Murtha also criticized Bush's National Missile Defense System (NMD), saying that just prior to the evacuation, he and his subcommittee colleague, Virginia Democrat Jim Moran, had discussed switching $800 million the administration was requesting for missile defnese to anti-terrorism initiatives instead.
		Murtha cited the recent six-week period of heightened security measures at the Pentagon and Ft. Myer as evidence that the government had been on high alert, but had not been able to pre-empt the attacks.
		Murtha is as close as a Congressional Democrat gets to a defense hardliner, and his public lack of enthusiasm for the administration's national missile defense system raises the prospect that Congress may have priorities other than the NMD in light of Tuesday's events.
	www.prospect.org /webfeatures/2001/09/thrupkaew-n-09-12.html (402 words)

	Irregular Times Rating and Contact Information for Representative John Murtha of PA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Murtha has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would put an end to the practice of "extraordinary rendition," in which Bush Administration officials send people into the custody of certain nations, knowing full well (some would say intending) that they will be tortured there.
		John Murtha has not yet signed on as a cosponsor to H.R., which would keep government agents from riffling through your bookstore receipts and library records without your permission or knowledge.
		John Murtha has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would keep members of the Federal Communication Commission from using their appointed positions to censor cable, satellite or internet programs they consider to be indecent.
	www.irregularbin.com /house/MurthaPA12.html (1810 words)

	TPMmuckraker \| Talking Points Memo \| John Murtha
		John Murtha (D-PA), appearing just now on Hardball and gifted as always with the ability to speak plainly, couldn't have been clearer on the controversial issue as to whether Democrats have the ability to restrict the Bush administration's funding of a troop increase in Iraq.
		John Murtha (D-Pa.) told a group of Democratic moderates on Tuesday that an ethics and lobbying reform bill being pushed by party leaders was âtotal crap,â but said that he would work to enact the legislation because Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports it.
		Murtha and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) are locked in a battle for the House Majority Leader post, and both men made presentations for to the Blue Dog Coalition on Tuesday in a bid for their votes.
	tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com /archives/cats/john_murtha (2319 words)

	Boot Murtha homepage
		Murtha, said he believed that the $176 million figure was “too high,” but he refused to provide his own tally.
		Murtha’s re-election campaign is holding a fund-raiser for him on Feb. 27 at a hotel in Arlington, Va., near the Pentagon.
		John Murtha, king of Democratic earmarkers, kept $1.2 million for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission in Hollidaysburg, Pa. (by a 343 to 86 vote), and $150,000 for W.A. Young and Sons Foundry in Greene County, Pa. (328 to 104)...
	www.bootmurtha.com (4739 words)

	John Murtha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Murtha is a Business Performance Improvement professional with over 25 years experience in both domestic and international operations management and consulting.
		John is able to measurably improve client companies' bottom lines through strategic, rapid application of Kaizen, Lean, Six Sigma, and Breakthrough improvement methodologies.
		John is able to relate to all levels of organizations, which stems from his early experience that included apprentice toolmaker, machinist, supervisor and manager of manufacturing and later experience working at executive management levels.
	www.xlp.com /john-murtha-training-consulting (428 words)

	Murtha signals Dem sea-change on Iraq=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Murtha (D-Pa.) told his Democratic colleagues Tuesday that he feared the war in Iraq is unwinnable if the U.S. military does not dramatically increase troop levels, provide more ground support and seek significant international involvement.
		Murtha declined to elaborate on his presentation, given in this week’s “leader lunch,” but several lawmakers and aides confirmed that he had delivered his dire warning.
		Neither Murtha nor his staff gave any indication of just how harsh his comments would be at today’s press conference or whether his public statements would be as critical as his private briefing to colleagues.
	www.hillnews.com /news/050604/murtha.aspx (698 words)

	Murtha sees difficult, but swift victory for the U.S.
		Murtha, D-Johnstown, told reporters, nevertheless, that this war involved a "very complicated battle plan" and would be the most difficult war the United States has fought since Vietnam.
		Murtha, senior Democrat on the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, said he expects that Congress will soon pass legislation to cover the initial costs of the Iraq war.
		While Murtha believes that U.S. troops are prepared for battle, he expressed concern about how they would be affected by the dust and increasing temperatures.
	www.post-gazette.com /nation/20030321murthanatp7.asp (496 words)

	Online NewsHour: Paying to Rebuild -- October 9, 2003
		JOHN MURTHA: I have never received as much mail in the history that I have been here against any proposition as I have against this $87 billion.
		John Murtha applauded that decision, then blasted White House budget advisors for shortchanging the military in the president's original request.
		JOHN MURTHA: These guys are sitting on their fat backsides up here and the OSD and OMB making a decision that should be made by somebody else out in the field.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/congress/july-dec03/iraq_10-09.html (988 words)

	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Win at all costs - Out of control
		U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown, helped draft legislation designed to protect citizens from federal prosecutors’ misconduct by creating an independent board to monitor their work.
		Congressman John Murtha, D-Johnstown, says he watched as an out of control federal investigation nearly destroyed Joseph McDade, his colleague in the U.S. House of Representatives.
		Still, Murtha believes that the lopsided margin by which the House approved the Citizens Protection Act is a strong base on which to build.
	www.post-gazette.com /win/day1_1f.asp (886 words)

	Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News - The real Jack Murtha
		Murtha "reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco." Laurence Pelosi, nephew of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at the time was an executive of the company which owned the rights to the land.
		Murtha has been behind millions of dollars worth of earmarks in defense appropriations bills that went to companies owned by the children of fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski.
		Murtha has become the darling of the antiwar crowd, and, as we've seen with other such darlings, scrutinizing their behavior is considered disrespectful.
	www.washtimes.com /news/2006/jun/20/20060620-083859-8753r (839 words)

	The Seamus Press: Rep. John Murtha Archives
		Murtha (D) not only voted against it but he also argued against it on the floor.
		Murtha also voted to raise his own pay (but didn't even bother to change it afterwards).
		I suppose that adding to their individual wealth is more important to them than helping out the soldiers they put at risk (remember both of these hypocrits supported the war).
	www.seamuspress.com /archives/cat_rep_john_murtha.html (521 words)

	Murtha says U.S. poses top threat to world peace \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Murtha said U.S. credibility was suffering because of continued U.S. military presence in Iraq and the perception that the United States is an occupying force.
		Murtha was the guest speaker at a town hall meeting organized by Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, D-Miami, at Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus.
		Murtha also has publicly said that the shooting of 24 Iraqis in November at Haditha, a city in the Anbar province of western Iraq that has been plagued by insurgents, was wrongfully covered up.
	www.azstarnet.com /allheadlines/135159 (386 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Murtha (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Murtha, who had strongly criticized widespread equipment shortages among US troops in Iraq, yesterday said his latest visit there showed that the problem...
		John Murtha, D-Cambria, who over the years has directed millions of dollars in federal funds to the hospital and the research institute.
		He received a letter of nomination from Congressman John Murtha to attend the US Military Academy--for the Army, not the Air Force, as was originally intended.
	www.nametraq.org /Jan04/M/Murtha.shtml (1340 words)

	Murtha is Democrats’ face in Iraq debate - Politics- msnbc.com
		Part kindly Irish Catholic grandfather and part political pit bull with two Purple Hearts in his pocket, Rep. John Murtha seems the Democrats’ best chance of using the budget to curtail the war without appearing to be leaving troops in the lurch.
		Murtha retains clout among his Democratic colleagues, especially on defense issues, despite losing a postelection challenge to Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., to become majority leader.
		Murtha says few units could meet the high standards he envisions, meaning Bush’s plan to keep some 160,000 troops in Iraq for months on end would be thwarted.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/17178274 (526 words)

	Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA) \| Beyond Delay
		Rep. Murtha’s ethics violations stem from abuse of his position on the subcommittee to benefit the lobbying firm of a former long-term staffer and from threatening to block earmarks of other members for political purposes.
		In 2007, Rep. Murtha inserted into the Energy and Water Appropriations bill a $1 million earmark to establish the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure - a subsidiary of Concurrent Technologies Corporation, (CTC) a non-profit technology innovation center in Rep. Murtha’s district that has received hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks in recent years.
		Rep. Murtha approached Rep. Tiahrt on the House floor and unleashed a tirade, during which he [Rep. Murtha] threatened to withdraw his support from a defense project in Rep. Tiahrt’s district.
	www.beyonddelay.org /summaries/murtha.php (538 words)

	Posts tagged JohnMurtha at Elections Blog - The Stump
		Murtha had called the actions of the marines "cold blooded murder" although the facts of the incident were not known at the time.
		John Murtha said shortly after several Marines were charged with murder in Haditha Iraq that they killed "in cold blood" when the hadn't even gone to trial.
		John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) threatened to deny any further spending projects to a Republican who challenged him over an earmark last week, the GOP is charging – a potential violation of House rules that could cause a spike in partisan tensions.
	news.aol.com /elections-blog/tag/JohnMurtha (4231 words)

	Transcript for November 20 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC- msnbc.com
		MURTHA: Well, I'll put it this way: There have been an awful lot of mistakes made, and I don't know whether it's his fault, but when he forced the military--now this is what I hear from the military.
		Murtha speaks for himself..." Harry Reid, the Democratic leader in the Senate: "I don't support immediate withdrawal." John Kerry, the Democratic standard-bearer in 2004: "I respectfully disagree with John Murtha." So you have some work to do with your own party.
		MURTHA: I think we'll be out of there; if not completely out of there, we'll be very close to being out of there.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10042399 (7594 words)

	John Murtha: The Turning Point by Gary North
		Murtha said in full public view that the pottery is broken and it cannot be fixed.
		Murtha will be seen by historians as the turning point of this war.
		Murtha is a pro-military Democrat in a blue-collar district.
	www.lewrockwell.com /north/north418.html (1202 words)

	Murtha: Give Dean DNC chair (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Murtha (D-Pa.) is actively lobbying Democratic National Committee (DNC) delegates to select former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as their next chairman.
		At Dean’s request, Murtha wrote to Pennsylvania’s seven delegates to the DNC last week explaining why he is endorsing a candidate with whom he shares so few positions.
		In another sign of the significance of Murtha’s endorsement, the Dean campaign is apparently not asking all of his House backers to cajole voting DNC members to support their man. Several confirmed Dean supporters said they stood ready to do anything to help Dean but had not been asked to do anything yet.
	www.thehill.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/010505/murtha.html (684 words)

	House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Murtha held when I had the privilege of joining him to visit our troops in the Persian Gulf a few days before hostilities began.
		Murtha’s leadership, Democrats in Congress will be sure that our troops have what they need to accomplish their mission and return home safely.
		Murtha’s Appropriations subcommittee on defense: ‘We’re dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.’ How wrong that was.
	democraticleader.house.gov /press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=293 (614 words)

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