Why would CREW list John Murtha as one of the most corrupt members of Congress?

[SaveElmer]

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/30131

[Freddie Stubbs]

1. This might have something to do with it:

http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_261232505.html

[Tellurian]

6. Thats enough right there..

whats with McConnell? He reeks of corruption..

[rinsd]

2. I thought his scandals were old, but apparently he has new ones

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004210.php

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2007/09/11/the_woes_of_max_cleland.html

[EVDebs]

3. Maybe he knows too much

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2994721&mesg_id=2994817

I also hear he's been subpeoned for the Cunningham/Wilkes trial.

[Robbien]

4. The guy likes his pork and likes some of that pork going to his firm

The nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) criticized Murtha for directing millions of dollars in government contracts to clients of a lobbying firm founded by a Murtha aide.

The same contractors have showered Murtha, chairman of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions.

CREW also cited Murtha's threat to block funding requests of a fellow congressman who challenged a $23 million grant for the National Drug Intelligence Center, a government agency in Murtha's Western Pennsylvania district.

[Double T]

5. corruption isn't limited to rethugs .

washington needs a total overhaul starting with term limits and taking the influence peddling and contributions out of the system.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. I don't know if he's legally "corrupt"

but he's crooked, and always has been. He's a very conservative pork-meister who happens to be against this war, and thus, he's a hero to DUers who know nothing about him.