Jack Murtha

Murthaville: Just Down the Road from Backscratch, Pa.

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

Welcome to Murthaville, home to the John Murtha Institute for Applied Generosity and the John Murtha Attack Submarine Test Facility and Senior Center.

Ryan Grim

White House Browbeats Dem Freshmen On War Money: "You'll Never Hear From Us Again"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


The White House is playing hardball with Democrats who intend to vote against the supplemental war spending bill, threatening freshmen who oppose it t...

Who's The Jack Murtha For Torture Investigations?

Josh Orton | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


Josh Orton

Whose call for a special prosecutor would get the political media's (and the White House's) attention?

In Defense Of John Murtha

Jerry Leichtling | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics


Jerry Leichtling

I understand, to a point, CREW's stance on Chairman Murtha, but I believe their perspective and that of many of his other critics to be both narrow and shortsighted.

Murtha: McCain's Age Makes It Difficult For Him To Be Commander-In-Chief

Think Progress | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics


Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) recently said Sen. John McCain may be too old to be President. "It's no old man's job," Murtha said of the presidency. McCain'...

House Drafts Bill to Fund War Efforts

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The leaders of a House panel that oversees military spending said Wednesday they are drafting legislation that would pay for combat...

Sam Stein

What Murtha Really Said About The Surge

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


War proponents have seized on the words of Rep. John Murtha, D-PA, who said Thursday, following a visit to Iraq, that the troop surge is working - a s...