http://www.post-gazette.com/ Political news from post-gazette.com en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:30:44 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/images/144x39pgtoplogo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10081/1044749-84.stm?cmpid=politics.xml Aided by an 11th-hour compromise on abortion, Democrats in the House narrowly passed a landmark health care bill Sunday night, capping a tumultuous debate that will resume this week in the Senate. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10081/1044748-455.stm?cmpid=politics.xml Holding signs urging health care reform, more than 25 people quietly marched back and forth on the sidewalk in front of U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire's McCandless home Sunday afternoon. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044649-84.stm?cmpid=politics.xml WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will issue an executive order related to abortion coverage in the health care bill, satisfying a bloc of anti-abortion Democrats led by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., who comprise the final votes necessary to pass the bill in the House. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:20:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044499-455.stm?cmpid=politics.xml At his accounting office on Main Street, Robert Eyer polished the talk he was about to give and admitted he wasn't crazy about the topic: LAM. "Life After Murtha," he explained. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:03:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044584-455.stm?cmpid=politics.xml Saying a vote against the health care bill would be a betrayal of workers and working families, the United Steelworkers threatened to draft a local labor leader to run against Rep. Jason Altmire if the congressman votes against the legislation today. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:05:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044605-455.stm?cmpid=politics.xml Cambria County Controller Ed Cernic has dropped out of the contest for the congressional seat of the late John P. Murtha, saying he was endorsing Mr. Murtha's former district director Mark Critz. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:33:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044475-100.stm?cmpid=politics.xml Cambria County Controller Ed Cernic has dropped out of the contest for the congressional seat of the late John P. Murtha, saying he was endorsing Mr. Murtha's former district director Mark Critz. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:28:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044307-455.stm?cmpid=politics.xml Deluged with tens of thousands of calls and e-mails in recent weeks, the vast majority urging him to vote against the health care overhaul, U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire on Friday announced he will vote against the historic legislation. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1044056-176.stm?cmpid=politics.xml WASHINGTON -- After losing five terms' worth of seniority for bolting from the Republican Party, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., is slowly gaining it back. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400