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To: ncpatriot
The Dims must be putting pressure on Murtha somehow.

Maybe they are pushing for an investigation. See post 1968

Republican lawmakers say that ties between Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and his brother's lobbying firm, KSA Consulting, may warrant investigation by the House ethics committee...

According to a June 13 article in The Los Angeles Times, the fiscal 2005 defense appropriations bill included more than $20 million in funding for at least 10 companies for whom KSA lobbied. Carmen Scialabba, a longtime Murtha aide, works at KSA as well.

KSA directly lobbied Murtha's office on behalf of seven companies, and a Murtha aide told a defense contractor that it should retain KSA to represent it, according to the LA Times.

In early 2004, Murtha reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. A company called Lennar Inc. had right to the land, and Laurence Pelosi, nephew to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was an executive with the firm at that time.

2,066 posted on 11/18/2005 4:26:15 PM PST by mware (Keeper of the I's.)
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To: mware

Well well well. Ol' Bug-Eyes nephew and ties of coerced contracts to Murtha??

Thought that only happened with Cheney and Halliburton.


2,181 posted on 11/18/2005 4:35:24 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Take the high road. You'll never have to meet a Democrat.)
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