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      <excerpt>Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., who died Monday at age 77, was an old-school, dealmaking politician and a master of the earmark. Some watchdog groups, like Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, called him &quot;corrupt.&quot; Murtha just said he was</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...administration hasn't identified &quot;offsets&quot; to other entitlements to pay for expansion of concurrent receipt. This has left Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, &quot;greatly disappointed.&quot; Without help from the White House to fin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the Senate. Jones wants his bill to get a vote on the House floor and in the Senate. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) said he would help Jones bring up the bill as a standalone once he had 350 co-sponsors, Jones's spokeswoman </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...last year, however, the administration hasn&#8217;t identified cutbacks to equal the extra retirement pay. This has left Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, &#8220;greatly disappointed.&#8221; Without help from the White House to find </excerpt>
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