TPMMuckraker John Murtha: March 2009
John Murtha
Murtha: If Loving Constituents Is Wrong ... I Don't Wanna Be Right!
Zachary Roth | March 30, 2009, 5:25PM
Backing down isn't Rep. John Murtha's style.
The cantankerous House power-broker is under fire for his ties to the PMA lobbying firm, which just shut down amid reports of an FBI probe into its campaign contributions to friendly lawmakers, including Murtha, who have steered millions in federal earmarks to PMA clients.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (18) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (4)Topics: Earmarks, FBI, John Murtha, Lobbyists
John Murtha
Flake's Call For PMA Probe Gaining Support
Zachary Roth | March 30, 2009, 3:03PM
Remember that ongoing FBI investigation of PMA, the lobbying group with close ties to Democratic power-broker Rep. John Murtha?
Well, up until now, House Democrats -- led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who's a close ally of Murtha, the powerful Defense Appropriations subcommittee chair -- have been successful on fending off GOP calls for a congressional probe of the matter. But that may be changing...
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (1) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (5)Topics: FBI, John Murtha, Lobbyists
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