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Gabby Giffords Resigns from Congress
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Just over a year after being shot in the head by a crazed constituent at a Congress-on-your-corner event at a Tuscon super market, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Sunday announced via Facebook that she is resigning her office.
Gabby Giffords Offers Momentary Reprieve from Washington Shrillness
The tone of the past month of debt negotiations has hardly been Washington’s finest hour. In fact, the most popular words to describe the situation, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, were “ridiculous,” …
First Gabrielle Giffords Photos Released Since Shooting
Five months after being shot in the head at a constituent meet-and-greet in Arizona, Giffords appears smiling outside in two photographs released by the congresswoman’s office. She’s been rehabilitating at a facility in Houston, …
Giffords Gets Shot and Congress Will Do… Very Little
What will the legislative fallout be from the tragedy in Tucson? Probably nothing at all. Frankly, there’s little they can do.
Thus far members have come up with a variety of ideas:
–Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) renewed his call to install a Plexiglas shield between the gallery and the House floor – because members should be handled …
Does Sarah Palin’s Handling of This Week’s Events in Tucson Tell Us Anything about her Presidential Ambitions?
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Sarah Palin today released a video on Facebook expressing her grief and outrage over Saturday’s shootings in Tucson. She also explained her rhetoric and hit back at those who have suggested that the level of political discourse in the country is, in part, to blame for Jared Lee Loughner’s …
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
In her weekly newsletter sent early this morning, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords told supporters: “The most effective way for me to do my job is for me to keep in touch with you.” Doing so may have cost her her life. The Arizona Democrat was shot in the head at her “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway supermarket in northwest …