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For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Johnstown) has announced that the House of Representatives and the Senate last week passed legislation that includes funding for important road improvements and other transit projects, as well as community initiatives, in Fayette, Greene and Washington counties. The bill is awaiting the president's signature. Included in the fiscal year 2006 Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, and Judiciary spending bill are the following projects: Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation - bus replacements and renovation of the Uniontown transfer station, $1.5 million Waynesburg College Center for Economic Development...

Congressman Murtha’s On-Line Survey Please indicate which of the following best summarizes your view on what the United States should do in Iraq: We should immediately remove all troops. We should redeploy to the periphery of Iraq as soon as practical to protect troop safety and give the Iraqis incentive to take charge sooner, not later. We should maintain current troop levels until Iraq builds an army to defend and stabilize their country, even if that takes years. We should re-institute the national draft to increase troop levels to where we can seal the Iraqi borders and stop the...