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To: American Spirit who wrote (79373)	10/2/2006 12:59:53 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Trading Votes for Pork Across the House Aisle : sh*thead hero !! By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania is best known on Capitol Hill for turning pet spending projects into power. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 — For more than a decade, Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania has operated a political trading post in a back corner of the House of Representatives. A gang of about two dozen Democrats mill around his seat. A procession of others walk back to request pet spending projects, known as earmarks. And Republicans come by, asking him to enlist some of those Democrats to join them on close votes. “Whether they get what they want in the bill or they get the votes they are looking for, nobody ever leaves completely disappointed,” said Representative Paul E. Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat often found in what is known as the Murtha corner. nytimes.com