Rep. John P. Murtha

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Jack" Birthdate: b. 06/17/1932 Birthplace: New Martinsville, WV District: represents PA-12 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Catholic Education: Graduate Study, Economics/Political Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania BA, Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 1958 Attended, Washington and Jefferson College, 1952. Last elected in 2006 receiving 123,472 (61.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,518,567 (#94) Spent 77% (#252) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 67% (#108) From PACs 31% (#390) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 77 (#77) Total cost $203,960,000 (#86) Received 74 (#73) Total cost $137,397,200 (#84) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 21% left-wing (#218) Predictable 94% (#246) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 3,048 words (#9) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 946 (#288) Introduced 39 (#349) Debated 8 (#240) Enacted 7 (#100) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Drs $1,500 $8000000 2008 Concurrent Technologies $1,500 $8000000 2008 Mts Technologies $1,500 $4200000 2008 Trident Systems $1,000 $3200000 2008 Nokomis $1,500 $1000000 2008
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Ronald Mr. Kuchera $14,700 from April 5, 2002 to November 8, 2007 2 James Mr. Ervin $14,600 from June 14, 2001 to March 4, 2008 3 Barton Mr. Whitman $14,350 from April 27, 2001 to February 21, 2008 4 Kim Mr. Kunkle $13,900 from April 5, 2002 to February 19, 2008 5 Alan J. Mr. Friedman $13,800 from April 23, 2002 to March 4, 2008 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Upmc $161,900 2 Self $98,100 3 Pma Group $84,100 4 Drs Technologies $57,500 5 Mts Technologies $57,450 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. Robert Fitch - Bae Systems, Inc. $15,427 2 Ms. Eugenia C Stoner - University Of Pittsburgh $13,860 3 Mr. Thomas R. Madson - General Dynamics Corp $11,593 4 Mr. Gregory R. Dahlberg - Lockheed Martin Corporation $10,000 5 Robert Dubrow - Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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