PaperTrail BlogPaper Trail Blog

RSS Feed

Tag : John Murtha

  1. February 09, 2010, 11:54 am

    MONEY & POLITICS: Remembering Rep. John P “Jack” Murtha

    Yesterday marked the passing of one of Washington’s most powerful and controversial legislators, one whose work was familiar to followers of the Center for Public Integrity. Pennsylvania Democrat John P. “Jack” Murtha, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, died Monday afternoon at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, according to a statement from his congressional office. Murtha was 77. Read more

  2. October 30, 2009, 10:31 am

    MONEY & POLITICS: Leaked Document Reveals Six “Murtha Method” Reps. Under Investigation

    Seven members of a powerful subcommittee that was the subject of a recent Center investigation are now being scrutinized by the House ethics committee, according to The Washington Post. The paper also reports that they are among more than 30 lawmakers being scrutinized for ethics violations, according to a leaked confidential document. Read more

  3. September 10, 2009, 11:48 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Pentagon: We’re Trying to Break “The Iron Triangle”

    Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is “trying to break that tight bond between” the “iron triangle of Congress and industry and the bureaucracy in” the Pentagon — which the Center highlighted in its story “The Murtha Method” — according to a Defense Department press secretary. The spokesman was reacting to a question about the Center’s investigation at yesterday’s press briefing. Read more

  4. July 07, 2009, 5:14 pm

    ACCOUNTABILITY: DOD Officials Junket to Johnstown

    The Center’s recent investigative report, Pentagon Travel, revealed that over a decade’s time, Defense Department employees took thousands of trips paid for by outside sources. Turns out a handful of those trips were to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a former coal and steel mining town of some 27,000 people that’s been getting plenty of attention — from both DOD personnel and federal law enforcement officials. Read more

  5. March 31, 2009, 9:00 am

    POLITICS: PMA Group ‘Excel’s at Access to Murtha, Document Shows

    It’s the end of an era for Paul Magliocchetti and his lobbying shop, the PMA Group. After 20 years of existence, the firm is closing down next week in the wake of federal law enforcement raids of its office and Magliocchetti’s home in the course of an investigation into whether it wielded inappropriate influence on Capitol Hill, especially in regard to the defense appropriations process. A curious document obtained by PaperTrail appears to show the degree of coziness between the PMA Group and the House defense appropriations subcommittee — it seems that PMA’s access exceeded that of even many in Congress. Read more

Tags

President Obama, Election '08, Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, politics, Energy, Coal Ash, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, John Murtha, Environment, Transportation, Freedom of Information Act, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Public I Podcast, Federal Election Commission, Justice Department, Tennessee, Alabama, Blue Dogs, Bill Buzenberg, Defense, New York, West Virginia, Hillary Clinton, Treasury Department, Duke Energy, Freddie Mac, Broken Government, Lamar Alexander, Arlen Specter, Tim Armstead, Deval Patrick, Southern Company, House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Henry Waxman, Economy, Mitch McConnell, President Bush, Kathleen Sebelius, Federal Elections Commission, American Electric Power, Congress, Investigative Reporting Workshop, James Oberstar, Climate Change, Fannie Mae, Defense Department, Sunshine Week, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court, Government Accountability Office, Nancy Pelosi, States, John McCain, Blue Dog Coalition, Robert Gates, Government Accountability Project, Andrew Cuomo, Department of Defense, Iraq, Department of Homeland Security, Obama, Appraisal, FBI, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Saxby Chambliss, Robert MacLean, Health, New Jersey, States of Disclosure, George LeMieux, Pesticides, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Sunlight Foundation, Center for American Progress, Mike Cox, Kyoto Protocol, Harry Reid, Massachusetts, Home Valuation Code of Conduct, Common Cause, Copenhagen, ICIJ, Texas, Chris Dodd, The Washington Post, Barbara Boxer, ProPublica, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Orrin Hatch, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services, Brennan Center for Justice, Jon Corzine, Wisconsin, David Patterson, Ed Markey, Bank of America, Sonia Sotomayor, Lockheed Martin

Become a fan
image Follow the Center

Stay Connected

Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter and get the latest from our in-depth investigations, articles, interviews, blogs, videos, and more.

Support the Center

Your support will help us bring you more investigations, articles, interviews and news related materials relevant to U.S. politics and politics abroad.

Donate

About the Center

The Center for Public Integrity is dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on issues of public concern in the USA and around the world.

More about the Center

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

The Center’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is a collaboration of some of the world’s leading investigative reporters. ICIJ extends globally the Center’s style of watchdog journalism, working with 100 reporters in 50 countries to produce long-term, transnational projects.

ICIJ website