Mr. Murtha’s Money

Lawmaker’s Earmark Recipients Are All Donors

• By Tory Newmyer
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 19, 2007, Midnight

Every private entity that Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) favored with an earmark in this year’s defense bill recently has given political money to the lawmaker, according to an analysis of House Appropriations and federal elections records by Roll Call and Taxpayers for Common Sense.