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Patrick Murphy
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Patrick Murphy has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the Eighth Congressional District of Pennsylvania from 2007 to 2011.
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Record and controversies
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Iraq War
After the first Iraq supplemental spending bill, which included a deadline for troop withdrawal from Iraq, passed the House by a vote of 218-212, Rep. Murphy, who served in the Iraq War, stated, "We answered the call that so many families here in America were asking our Congress to do...No longer is this Congress going to stand idly by and watch our brave and heroic men and women go to referee a religious civil war."
Environmental record
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Biography
Murphy was born in 1973 in Philadelphia. After attending Bucks County Community College, he enrolled at King's College, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, where he became a cadet in the U.S. Army ROTC and a captain of the hockey team and student body president. After graduating in 1993 with a double major, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. [1]
Murphy attended law school at the Widener University in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He then worked in the office of the district attorney of Philadelphia, and later as a leader in the Harrisburg Civil Law Clinic, a legal aid society serving the poor. He also served as the legislative aide to Thomas Tangretti, a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Westmoreland County. Murphy has taught American politics and government at Mount Saint Mary's University and constitutional law at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), and has also lectured at the U.S. Air Force Academy, the International Institute for Humanitarian Rights in Sanremo, Italy, and at Widener.[2]
After teaching at West Point, Murphy deployed overseas twice, serving in Bosnia (2002) and in Baghdad during the Iraq War (2003-2004). While in Baghdad as a paratrooper with the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, Murphy worked to reconstruct the justice system and helped prosecute Sheik Moyad, a lieutenant of Muqtada al-Sadr. Murphy earned the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq. [3]
In 2006, Murphy married Jennifer Stafford.
Congressional career
2006 election
Murphy defeated Republican Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick by 1,500 votes to take possession of the seat in the 2006 congressional elections.[4]
Money in politics
This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.
| Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle | |
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| Donor | Amount (US Dollars) |
| Comcast Corp | $ 32,050 |
| PMA Group | $ 30,750 |
| Toll Brothers Inc | $ 27,650 |
| Cozen & O'Connor | $ 26,100 |
| Blank Rome LLP | $ 24,100 |
| Merck & Co | $ 23,599 |
| L-3 Communications | $ 17,950 |
| Reservoir Capital | $ 17,600 |
| ActBlue | $ 17,049 |
| University of Pennsylvania | $ 15,450 |
| Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates. | |
| Links to more campaign contribution information for Patrick Murphy from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site. |
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| Fundraising profile: | 2008 election cycle | Career totals |
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- Revolving door profile for Patrick Murphy from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
- 2006 privately funded travel profile for Patrick Murphy from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
- Personal finance profile for Patrick Murphy from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
Committees and Affiliations
Committees
Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Military Personnel
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Committees in the 109th Congress
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Military Personnel
More Background Data
Background information on Michael G. Fitzpatrick, whom Patrick Murphy challenged in the 2006 congressional elections:
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Articles and Resources
Resources
- Patrick Murphy for Congress, official campaign site.
- MurphyWatch, chronicling the votes and statements of Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA 8th District)
Local blogs and discussion sites
- A Smoke-Filled Room Blogspot.
- Above Average Jane Blog.
- Suburban Guerrilla, Susie Madrak's blog.
- The Liberal Doomsayer Blogspot.
- Young Philly Politics.
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Latitude: 40°18′40.279″N
Longitude: 75°7′50.259″W
Latitude: 40°5′47.34″N
Longitude: 74°51′34.525″W
