2007 Porker of the Year Rep. John Murtha is holding at major campaign fundraiser tonight at the Ritz-Carlton at Pentagon City (Arlington, VA).  Roll Call originally wrote about this story Feb. 11, saying: Those hoping to get an earmark from the defense-spending poobah will note that’s about two weeks before appropriators hand in their own [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: Ted Stevens to reveal requests for earmarks Stevens plans to post all of the earmark requests he’s received from state and municipal governments and private organizations for fiscal year 2009, Saunders said. The deadline for submitting earmark requests was Feb. 15. CAGW responds in a press release to this news [...]

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