“John Murtha” on The Daily Caller

LATROBE — Tim Burns, a Johnstown native making his first political run, will be the Republican candidate seeking to serve the remainder of the late John Murtha’s unfinished term. (more)

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Northrop Grumman, which in 2008 was named the victor in the Pentagon’s $40 billion KC-X tanker competition only to have the win taken away, announced on Monday that it will not re-submit its bid, citing unfairness in the contest with Boeing. (more)

There’s a move afoot to name the business center at the Philadelphia Navy Yard after the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha (D.,Pa.), the defense appropriations powerhouse who kept the yard afloat for many years with timely federal investments. (more)

Washington wants to know: Will any of the 38 House Democrats who voted against President Obama’s health-care bill in November change their vote, and can Speaker Nancy Pelosi keep all of her yeses from defecting? (more)

A House ethics committee report released Friday indicated that the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) knew companies believed donating to his campaigns would increase their chances of getting an earmark, but he had no knowledge of who donated and his earmark requests were handled by staff with no knowledge of campaign finances. (more)

In a move that could strike a major blow to defense contractor Northrop Grumman amid a competitive bid to build Air Force tankers, an ardent supporter of rival Boeing will likely take over the gavel from the late Rep. John Murtha as chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. (more)

The cause of John P. Murtha, has been attributed to mistakes made by the surgeon during Murtha’s gallbladder surgery, reports the Post-Gazette. (more)

Rep. John Murtha’s (D-Pa.) untimely death Monday makes the political map even more daunting for House Democrats, who will have to defend another highly competitive seat in what is shaping up to be a hostile election year. (more)

John Murtha was one of those guys whose influence didn’t really translate that well in today’s media culture. (more)

Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha, who just Saturday became Pennsylvania’s longest serving member of Congress, died Monday at a Virginia hospital from an infection relating to a recent surgery. (more)

WASHINGTON — 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. (more)

“National Dems failed to aid Coakley until too late,” read the headline of a memo seeking to shift blame away from the Martha Coakley campaign and onto Washington. That such a memo was prepared is not altogether surprising. That the campaign was willing to send such a memo in the final hours of the election, however, suggests Democrats knew Coakley’s stunning loss was fait d’accompli and are poised to spend the next 11 months pointing fingers at each other. (more)