John Murtha has been declared the biggest abuser of pork by The Hill:

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations defense panel, has secured the most earmarked dollars in the 2008 military spending bill, followed closely by the panel’s ranking member Rep. Bill Young (R-Fla.).

Even though Young secured 52 earmarks, worth $117.2 million — and co-sponsored at least $27 million worth of others —  Murtha’s 48 earmarks amount to a total of $150.5 million, according to a database compiled by the watchdog organization Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS).

Fifty-eight earmarks totaling $117.2 million…

Your money, you know.  He’s throwing your money around like it’s his.  No wait, I’ll bet he would never treat his money like this.  Nor would the rest of Congress:

The House is expected to take up the $459.6 billion defense appropriations bill Friday. It contains 1,337 earmarks, costing $3.07 billion, which is less than half the number and value of earmarks in last year’s bill.  

So much for earmark reform.

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