John Murtha

Democrat  •  19 Terms  •  Sworn In 1973
Last Term 2009 - 2010 View All

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01/30/10
Colleagues see veteran congressman as mentor

...gather to discuss important legislation, Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Delaware County, said in a telephone interview. “It’s really the Jack Murtha corner,” Sestak said. “I watch Republicans and Democrats come back to just chat and hang out. It’s because

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01/30/10
RE: John Murtha

“I believe the people continue to elect Jack Murtha because his No. 1 priority is to look after the people of the 12th district,” Rep. ...

Source: The Tribune-Democrat
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01/25/10
READERS' FORUM 1-26 | Brighten a soldier's day with cookies

Our representative, Jack Murtha, voted for this bill that will have a grave affect on our area and our surrounding states, causing unemployment to raise ...

Source: The Tribune-Democrat
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01/20/10
Media Matters Debunks Simpson!

Be it Barney Frank or John Conyers, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Jack Murtha (D-PA) or whoever. Take your pick. They are all self-serving, corrupt, lying, ...

Source: Examiner.com
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01/16/10
Pennsylvania: A Political Thermometer

...that moves beyond immigration.  This seat is all aboutjobs and how all of Kanjorski's pork hasn't created any. - Rep. Jack Murtha, a Democrat, isn't going anywhere in the 12th District in Southwestern PA, unless he decides to retire – which is highly

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01/16/10
Political thermometer

Rep. Jack Murtha, D-12, isn't going anywhere unless he decides to retire from his southwestern seat, which is highly unlikely. • Rep. Charlie Dent, R-15, ...

Source: Tribune Review
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01/15/10
Political thermometer

Rep. Jack Murtha, D-12, isn't going anywhere unless he decides to retire from his southwestern seat, which is highly unlikely. • Rep. Charlie Dent, R-15, ...

Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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01/13/10
The Elephant in the Room: Voting GOP with their feet

...representation in Congress. Avoiding unnecessary divisions of counties or communities. Protecting lawmakers, such as Rep. Jack Murtha, whose seniority or key committee assignments help the state. Helping colleagues in the legislature who wanted to run f

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01/13/10
The Elephant in the Room: Voting GOP with their feet | Philadelphia Inquirer ...

Protecting lawmakers, such as Rep. Jack Murtha, whose seniority or key committee assignments help the state. Helping colleagues in the legislature who ...

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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12/30/09
JOSEPH YACKUBOSKEY: Congressman Murtha's actions deplorable

US Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Johnstown, touts his Marine record but goes against the Code of the Corps and disparages fellow Marines without apology. ...

Source: Indiana Gazette
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12/30/09
RE: John Murtha

In 2005, Rep. John P. Murtha announced here that a technology firm was moving into an abandoned plate glass factory. Best of all, he promised, ...

Source: RedState (blog)
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12/30/09
Earmark king's promise of jobs in Pa. falls short

...after its coal mines and steel mills began shutting down in the 1980s. "We wouldn't have anything around here if it weren't for Jack Murtha," said Don Bowen, a retiree of Windber. His tiny hamlet gained new life from the Windber Research Institute and K

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12/20/09
Belfair Congressman Cleared in Ethics Investigation

Roll Call, a Washington, DC, political publication, reported this weekend that OCE has informed Dicks, fellow Democrats Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania Jim ...

Source: Kitsap Sun
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12/12/09
Curing futility of elections

Tom DeLay, Mark Foley, Jack Abramoff, Charlie Wrangle, Jack Murtha and William Jefferson Clinton. Need I continue? As former White House correspondent ...

Source: The News Journal
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12/04/09
And down the stretch they come

Out of Pennsylvania congressman Jack Murtha Stables; took money from mud-splattered lobbyists. Alan “Did I Mention City Year'' Khazei. Maiden race. ...

Source: Boston Globe
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12/02/09
TPMDC Morning Roundup

We're going to do the same thing here if we don't pay for it," said Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA). On the idea of a war tax, Murtha said: "I don't have any other. ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)
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12/02/09
Pelosi: House Dems Don't Support Afghan War Tax

...House Democrats, including Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) and Jack Murtha (D-Penn.), who chairs the defense appropriations subcommittee. Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich

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12/01/09
Dahlkemper: Trip exposes Afghanistan's challenges

... which includes almost all of Crawford County, was one of nine members of a congressional fact-finding delegation led by Rep. Jack Murtha. ...

Source: Meadville Tribune
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12/01/09
MSNBC "HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS" INTERVIEW WITH REP. MIKE PENCE (R-IN)

You just heard Jack Murtha on the Appropriations Subcommittee. MR. MATTHEWS: What do you make, Congressman, of the charge -- well, he made a pretty strong ...

Source: Federal News Service (subscription)
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11/30/09
President Obama's Schedule Today (12/1/09)

...Subcommittee Chairman, D-N.Y. Rep. Kay Granger, State & Foreign Operations Subcommittee Ranking Member, R-Texas Rep. John "Jack" Murtha, Defense Subcommittee Chairman, D-Pa. Rep. Bill Young, Defense Subcommittee Ranking Member, R-Fla. Rep. Silvestre Rey

Source: CBS News
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11/28/09
The War at Home

You've got Jack Murtha, big force in the House. There's a real--there's energy and motivation and momentum behind this. Henninger: Well, I think it's ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
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11/23/09
Video of the day

I set the bar very low for people like Democratic Congressman Jack Murtha. He never fails to manage to crawl under it. This entry was posted on Tuesday, ...

Source: Daily Mail - Charleston
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11/16/09
Will the hillbillies flip the House?

But the list includes Jack Murtha and West Virginia's Alan Mollohan and Nick Joe Rahall. I doubt either man will lose his seat. ...

Source: Daily Mail - Charleston
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11/10/09
Congressman Rahall Recognized for Supporting Health Care Reform

I say Hasan learned his anti-USA garbage from liberals-John Kerry, Jack Murtha, and Dick Durbin, all democrats, and radical Imams at the mosque, ...

Source: WSAZ-TV
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11/07/09
Pelosi's day

But regardless of the obstacles in the path to enactment, Rep. Jack Murtha (D-Pa.) said Saturday's vote would be the most important moment of Pelosi's ...

Source: The Free Lance-Star
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11/06/09
Your Destiny Now, Edited by Miguel Diocuore Ph.D.: Stonewall transparency

...You and me. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens sneaks in an appropriation of $140 million for a "bridge to nowhere." Pennsylvania's Rep. Jack Murtha saddles us with a new airport facility in his district, costing millions, to accommodate two or three flights a day

Source: Town Hall
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11/05/09
RE: John Murtha

Pennsylvania's Rep. Jack Murtha saddles us with a new airport facility in his district, costing millions, to accommodate two or three flights a day ...

Source: WND.com
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11/02/09
Paging Glenn Beck

...OâToole is a name most Americans have never heard before, but on Capitol Hill, she's causing a lot of problems for Jack Murtha and Harry Reid. OâToole has been nominated for a senior post at the Department of Homeland Security, specifically the Under

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10/31/09
Same Cess, Different Pool

The committee, chaired by Jack Murtha (D-Pa.) "boasts" nearly half of its members as targets of bribery investigations. At issue is whether the seven ...

Source: 411mania.com
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10/29/09
Leak Offers Rare Peek at Ethics Probes

...determine whether lawmakers violated House ethics rules by trading spending earmarks for campaign donations.The report names Reps. Jack Murtha (D., Pa.), Peter Visclosky (D., Ind.), James Moran (D., Va.), Norm Dicks (D., Wash.), Marcy Kaptur (D., Ohio),

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Official website: http://www.house.gov/murtha/
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2423 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2065
Fax: 202-225-5709

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