Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), the powerful chairman of the House military appropriations committee, remained in stable condition at the Arlington hospital where he had been admitted with gallbladder surgery complications, his spokesman said Wednesday afternoon.

Murtha, 77, was admitted to the intensive care unit at the Virginia Hospital Center Tuesday after having his gallbladder removed at Bethesda Naval Hospital last week. Murtha had been suffering from gallbladder pain and problems in December and arranged to have a laparascopic surgery to remove it. But he began feeling ill after the surgery and was readmitted to a nearby hospital.

“The only update that our office can provide at this time is that Congressman Murtha’s condition remains stable,” Murtha spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said today. “We will provide more information as it becomes available.”

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