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The funeral for congressman John Murtha is expected to bring former President Bill Clinton and a congressional delegation led by House speaker Nancy Pelosi to the Pennsylvania Democrat's hometown of Johnstown.

Hundreds of mourners braved light snow and bitter cold Sunday before slowly filing past the casket of late congressman John Murtha at a funeral home less than a mile from where he lived.

Congressman John Murtha was remembered at his funeral Tuesday as a patriot, a fighter for his constituents and for veterans, a consummate politician and a family man able to separate work from his personal life.

A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.

Rep. John Murtha has been admitted to an intensive care unit at a Virginia hospital after experiencing "complications" from gall bladder surgery a week ago. A Murtha spokesman told Fox News that Murtha underwent a scheduled laparoscopic surgery to remove his gall bladder, after he was hospitalized in December suffering a gall bladder infection.

Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war and one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress, died Wednesday morning at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77.

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Defense contractor connected to Rep. Murtha is barred from new business with the government.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the Navy’s decision to name an amphibious warship after Rep. John Murtha, but the formal announcement Friday added fuel to an already smoldering backlash online.

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Officials have announced funeral arrangements for the New Jersey state trooper who died after he was hit by a car while on patrol Sunday.

The $28 billion state budget that Gov. Ed Rendell signed Tuesday was part of a deal that would boost state borrowing by as much as $600 million to pay for construction projects such as new public buildings that would be named after U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter and the late Rep. John Murtha.

The 77-year-old Dem is in the intensive care unit after undergoing gallbladder surgery last week.