The longtime lawmaker's empty chair provides somber closure of sorts to his congressional clan.

First, foremost, and forever, Jack Murtha took care of Jack Murtha. The glowing encomiums from his liberal colleagues have glossed over the 19-term Democrat's defining moment of political self-service. In 1980, Murtha was an unindicted ...

We are not supposed to speak ill of the dead. But those whom the deceased viciously smeared and humiliated deserve to be defended. Entrenched Democratic Rep. John Murtha passed away...

Congressman Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania has died. The pork spending, anti-Iraq war figure was 77 years old.

Pennsylvania Rep. John C. Murtha, died today of complications relating to a gallbladder surgery. He was 77. A decorated Vietnam War hero, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi credited Murtha -- who was her first choice for majority leader -- with ...

The passing of Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.) on Monday from gall bladder surgery complications brought to an end one of the most dynamic careers of the political generation that emerged from the Vietnam War. The 77-year-old lawmaker and ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday following complications from ...

John Murtha was one of those guys whose influence didn't really translate that well in today's media culture. He was a rock-ribbed former Marine who had two key objectives in his congressional career: support the troops and take care of ...

Pennsylvania Rep. Jack Murtha has died today at the age of 77. He will long be remembered for speaking out against the Iraq war in 2005. Here is the interview I conducted with Murtha at the time. I always liked his answer to this ...

Representative John P. Murtha, the longtime Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, has died at age 77. His aides released a statement saying that he died shortly after 1 p.m. today at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, ...