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Firm Tied to Murtha Earmarks Goes Dark
Roll Call ^ | 03/16/10 | Paul Singer

Posted on 03/15/2010 10:24:06 PM PDT by OldDeckHand

A lobbying firm with close ties to the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) — and a central player in some of the most questionable earmarks sponsored by Murtha — appears to have closed its doors.

KSA Consulting was at the center of a project that led to the first criminal convictions tied to a Murtha earmark. The firm at one point employed Murtha’s brother Kit as a lobbyist, as well as Carmen Scialabba, Murtha’s longtime Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense aide.

A database maintained by the Clerk of the House indicates that KSA has not filed lobbying disclosure forms since July despite a requirement that disclosures be filed quarterly. The firm filed its forms last summer only after Roll Call called to inquire about missing documents.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: corruption; earmarks; ksa; ksaconsulting; murtha
Apparently after the King Rat assumes room temperature, it's time to close up shop. The rat took all the cheese with him.
1 posted on 03/15/2010 10:24:07 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand
Apparently after the King Rat assumes room temperature, it's time to close up shop.

If there were any investigative reporters worth their salt they'd be all over this like stink on a rotting 'Rat corpse......

2 posted on 03/15/2010 10:49:21 PM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: OldDeckHand

So they went from military contracts to being greenies did they?


3 posted on 03/15/2010 11:01:29 PM PDT by Brugmansian
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