|
Murtha Gets $150M In Pork For Selling Out His Country
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense panel, has secured the most earmarked dollars in the 2008 military spending bill, followed closely by the panels ranking member Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.).Even though Young secured 52 earmarks, worth $117.2 million and co-sponsored at least $27 million worth of others Murthas 48 earmarks amount to a total of $150.5 million, according to a database compiled by the watchdog organization Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS). Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-08-02 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=195175 |