John Murtha , an influential congressman and Iraq war critic who drew scrutiny for his wheeler-dealer ways, died Monday after suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77. Spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said he died in an Arlington, Va ...

There currently are only 432 members of the House, instead of the usual 435 (two resigned and one, Jack Murtha, dropped dead); to pass the Senate version of ObamaCare in the House the Democrats need an actual majority… which is 217, because 216 is ...

It’s not quite “The king is dead, long live the king” — but it’s close. And no one believed more in the customs and continuity of the House than the taciturn Murtha.

Even now, approaching 70, he shows flashes of the old "Stormin' Norman": the barrel-chested Rose Bowl linebacker and Type-A Senate staffer who burst into the House three decades ago demanding the first seat on Appropriations and the last jump shot in ...

Please die soon, Murtha." "He and Benedict Arnold should share a very hot corner in a very bad place." "Hear-hear! Is he dead yet?" Abraham Lincoln, who dealt with hate daily, gave his fellow citizens this bit of advice: "In times like the present ...

CNN's senior political analyst, Gloria Borger, twice related a very odd quote on yesterday's episode of " CNN Newsroom ." Actually she related it twice, first in an interview with anchorman Ali Velshi and later with Wolf Blitzer, whom Velshi ...

COAST has also taken heat for recent Twitter posts about two dead Senators, both of whom were Democrats. In recent posts, COAST called the late Sen. Ted Kennedy a “shovel-ready project;” on the death of Sen. John Murtha, the organization wrote ...

I’ve written before that polls in Murtha’s district were showing him 15% down before the Nov. election. Then suddenly, he won. Besides tea parties and Rep. committee people, we need to purge voting rolls of the dead, the illegal, and the shill.

... was knocked about 100 feet down the road into the front yard of a nearby home - was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, where she was pronounced dead. While paramedics were ... Joseph Murtha, Norwood's defense attorney ...

Pennsylvania Democrats have chosen former congressional aide Mark Critz as the nominee for a special election to fill the U.S. House seat once held by late Rep. John Murtha... The following recall has been announced:GNS Foods, based in Arlington ...