{"id":3210,"date":"2010-02-08T15:24:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3210"},"modified":"2010-02-08T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T21:05:09","slug":"rep-john-murtha-pennsylvania-democrat-dies-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/08\/rep-john-murtha-pennsylvania-democrat-dies-at-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. John Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, Dies at 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE61749H20100208\" target=\"_blank\">reporting<\/a> that Congressman John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Murtha of Pennsylvania has passed away:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Democratic  Representative John Murtha, the chairman of the House of Representatives  defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on  defense issues, died on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Murtha, 77, died peacefully at Virginia  Hospital Center in Arlington with his family by his side, a statement  from his office said. He had been hospitalized recently with a  gallbladder problem.<\/p>\n<p>As the top  Democrat on the House panel that oversaw defense appropriations, Murtha  wielded big clout in Congress, making decisions affecting billions of  dollars in defense-related spending.<\/p>\n<p>The  Pennsylvanian was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in  February 1974. He was a former Marine and veteran of the Vietnam war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s bad form to speak ill of the dead so I&#8217;ll just say, Godspeed Congressman, rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2010\/02\/08\/rep-murtha-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. Murtha Dead at 77<\/a> &#8211; FoxNews.com<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/thefix\/inner-circle\/john-murtha-dies-special-elect.html\" target=\"_blank\">John Murtha dies, special election looms<\/a> &#8211; Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Rep. Murtha\u00a0Dies\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com\/2010\/02\/08\/rep-murtha-dies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep.  Murtha\u00a0Dies<\/a> &#8211; Mike Memoli, Real Clear Politics<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Murtha dead at 77\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2010\/02\/08\/murtha-dead-at-77\/\" target=\"_blank\">Murtha dead  at 77<\/a> &#8211; Hot Air<a title=\"Permanent Link to Murtha dead at 77\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2010\/02\/08\/murtha-dead-at-77\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters is reporting that Congressman John &#8220;Jack&#8221; Murtha of Pennsylvania has passed away: Democratic Representative John Murtha, the chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday. Murtha, 77, died peacefully at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington with his family by his side, a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[474,7],"tags":[720,633,239],"class_list":{"0":"post-3210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-house-of-representatives","9":"tag-jack-murtha","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-PM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":794,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/16\/murtha-apologizes\/","url_meta":{"origin":3210,"position":0},"title":"Murtha Apologizes","author":"Jeff","date":"October 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently his constituents aren't racist: October 16, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Murtha Statement on Comments made about Western Pennsylvania Yesterday JOHNSTOWN, PA \u2014 Congressman John P. 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What I mean is there's still folks that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":785,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/15\/jack-murtha-my-constituents-are-racist\/","url_meta":{"origin":3210,"position":2},"title":"Jack Murtha: My Constituents Are Racist","author":"Jeff","date":"October 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I guess smearing Marines as cold blooded killers wasn't enough for him... Now he's calling his own constituents racist. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Murtha expects Obama to win Pa. 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