Murtha's Beneficiaries

[gilliam]

The annual payback dinner by defense contractors who benefit from earmarks by Democratic Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, will be held Feb. 27 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington.

Murtha, a close adviser of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is one of the leading earmarkers in Congress. The earmark recipients will be paying the $1,500 a person admission to “An Evening with Jack and Joyce Murtha.”

Although the dinner is timed to coincide with the anniversary of Murtha’s first special election to Congress in 1974, invitations for it were mailed just before the annual deadline for earmark applications.

realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/hillarys_mcgovern_problem.html

 

[Adonis33]

The annual payback dinner by defense contractors who benefit from earmarks by Democratic Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, will be held Feb. 27 at the Ritz-CarltonPentagonCity in Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington.

Murtha, a close adviser of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is one of the leading earmarkers in Congress. The earmark recipients will be paying the $1,500 a person admission to “An Evening with Jack and Joyce Murtha.”

Although the dinner is timed to coincide with the anniversary of Murtha’s first special election to Congress in 1974, invitations for it were mailed just before the annual deadline for earmark applications.

realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/hillarys_mcgovern_problem.html

Interesting.

 

[vern_humphrey]

Interesting.

Even more interesting is the way earmarks work. Essentially, they take money already appropiated or about to be appropriated for real and necessary spending, and divert it to other causes.

 

[roanoker]

…and he is one of the most notorious of the ear-markers…unfortunately he’s got lots of company. Members of both parties do it, but one’s the worst (I’m not allowed to say which one) Roanoker

 

[gilliam]

…and he is one of the most notorious of the ear-markers…unfortunately he’s got lots of company. Members of both parties do it, but one’s the worst (I’m not allowed to say which one) Roanoker

Murtha is the gatekeeper for defense related earmarks. If you want an earmark and it is related to defense, you have to go through Murtha.

 

[WanderAimlessly]

Murtha is the gatekeeper for defense related earmarks. If you want an earmark and it is related to defense, you have to go through Murtha.

If a Republican had a district shaped like his, the Democrats would be in court so fast, they would not have time to open the door. It is the only way he stays in power. I know, I use to be in his district until they “adjusted” it.

 

[MugenOne]

Most Americans don’t know that politicians spend 60% of their time fund raising. Without money, they can’t get elected.

 

[MelanieAnne]

Most Americans don’t know that politicians spend 60% of their time fund raising. Without money, they can’t get elected.

I guess that’s where the old quote comes from ~ that the US Senate are the best men (and women) money can buy?

 

[Digitonomy]

If a Republican had a district shaped like his, the Democrats would be in court so fast, they would not have time to open the door. It is the only way he stays in power. I know, I use to be in his district until they “adjusted” it.

And yet it was drawn up by a Republican General Assembly and governor.

 

[Godi]

The annual payback dinner by defense contractors who benefit from earmarks by Democratic Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, will be held Feb. 27 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington.

Murtha, a close adviser of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is one of the leading earmarkers in Congress. The earmark recipients will be paying the $1,500 a person admission to “An Evening with Jack and Joyce Murtha.”

Although the dinner is timed to coincide with the anniversary of Murtha’s first special election to Congress in 1974, invitations for it were mailed just before the annual deadline for earmark applications.

realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/hillarys_mcgovern_problem.html

Were there any Arabs in there? He was caught taking bribes from them.