Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) has long been known as a major porker in Congress, but suspicious dealings between Murtha and the PMA Group, which is under federal investigation for quid pro quo with lawmakers, along with other lobbyist groups have been piling up recently. The Washington Post had a good round...
Last week , I covered Rep. Pete Visclosky's (D-Ind.) involvement with the controversial PMA Group and said earmarks are the gateway to corruption. This week, we get a clearer picture of the reaches of this growing scandal. In Friday's Wall Street Journal , columnist Kimberly Strassel paints a...
The intrigue continues with the PMA Group and its questionable ties to high-ranking House Appropriations Committee members and their earmarks. Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.), chairman of the Energy and Water Subcommittee, announced this week that he would temporarily hand the responsibility of overseeing...
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on 06-03-2009
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Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) has become the poster child for everything that is wrong with the earmarking process. (Read a prior blog post on the Murtha Airport .) He uses his seniority and position on the Appropriations Committee to secure earmarks which he then passes on to companies he has personal relationships...
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on 05-27-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, free market, pork, government spending, earmarks, spending, defense, Murtha