Veteran Congressman's Death Adds to Barack Obama's Woes
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Democrats fear Republicans will win seat held since 1974
President's poll ratings fall further amid health care impasse
The Democratic party faces another election test after the death yesterday of John Murtha, a congressman dubbed by his colleagues the "king of pork".
Murtha, aged 77, had been in the House of Representatives since being elected to his Pennsylvania district in 1974.
The fear in the party is that Republicans will notch up another victory when a special election is held, probably May.
Full article [The Guardian] (U.K.)
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Navy doctors reviewing gall bladder surgery on Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), who died of complications
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