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Gabrielle Giffords
Democrat • Arizona • 3rd Term • Sworn In 2007
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Rep. Dan Burton, Republican from Indiana, to retire
He resurrected the proposal last year after a gunman killed six people and wounded 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) at a Tucson supermarket. Highly partisan, Burton took aim at President Bill Clinton, pushing a Congressional ...
All Stirred Up
First, 31 members of the House (18 Democrats and 13 Republicans) have announced that they are not running for reelection (not counting the new vacancy in Gabrielle Giffords’s Arizona ... As retiring Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., recently told The New ...
Giffords speech therapist, Arlington resident hopes to raise awareness of disorder
Politicians and people of all political persuasions cheered the return of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona at last week’s State of the Union address, especially one Arlington resident who helped her get there. Marjorie Nicholas, PhD ...
Texas Roadhouse roars in near Green Valley
There’s a hand-painted portrait of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly; University of Arizona Wildcats jerseys; a painting of the Tohono O’odham Indians; emblems from every branch of the military; and potted cacti.
David Frownfelder: A Bouncer update, and other tales
The passing of former Penn State coach Joe Paterno signaled the end of an era, while the resignation of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was tinged with hope. Paterno may have let many people down through his lack of follow-through on reports of assistant .
OC resident attends State of the Union
When Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, critically injured in an assassination attempt ... Along the way, he got to know US Rep. Rob Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat. “I’ve know Rob for 20 years,” said Tolson, who supported Andrews when he challenged ..
For worse or for worst, guns rule
No, the people's will was overturned by a gun. After a year of upbeat bulletins and proclamations of her miracle recovery, the decision by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to leave Congress comes as a bit of a blow. In a video she explains that she needs ...
Buffett secretary to attend State of the Union
The White House said Rapp has benefitted from Obama's health care overhaul. Mark Kelly, former astronaut and husband of outgoing Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will attend as well. Giffords is resigning from Congress to focus on her recovery after being
Raycom-Belo Partnership In Arizona Starts 'Now'
Yet the station never established itself as a strong news presence. When Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot last year, Diaz offers as an example, “there was no way we could compete with the resources we had in Tucson.” Take a Belo station not performing
This Week in Congress: the battle for economic reframing begins anew
Outside of the strictly legislative stuff, there was the Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) resignation ... H.R. 1173 - The Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011 (Rep. Boustany – Energy and Commerce/Ways and Means) (Subject to ...
Last week in Congress/ How our representatives voted
Ultralight Aircraft and Drug Smuggling— The House passed the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act, sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. The bill would enhance efforts to combat the use of ultralight aircraft to smuggle drugs ...
Editorial: Decision looms for Sen. Kirk
It's similar to the situation with former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., who was wounded in the head during a mass shooting incident in Tucson, Ariz., a little more than a year ago. Giffords has been making a remarkable recovery, but she missed all
Filibuster Obama
The Senate should just say no to this arrogant demand. Prayers for Gabrielle Giffords Last week, the House unanimously passed a piece of legislation sponsored by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D.-Ariz.) dealing with drug smuggling. She resigned her seat after th
Gabrielle Giffords speech therapist is from Arlington
...Nicholas, PhD, an associate professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, is assisting former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona recover from a 2011 shooting, according to the institute. According to a release, "Dr. Nicholas, a speech-langu
Our View: Congressional leaders put Arizona first, party second
Now contrast that scene on the tarmac with one that was happening about the same time in the nation's Capitol as Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords officially resigned from Congress. Fellow Democrat Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida read ...
Rep. Giffords’ departure a blow to democracy
No, the people’s will was overturned by a gun. After a year of upbeat bulletins and proclamations of her miracle recovery, the decision by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to leave Congress comes as a bit of a blow. In a video she explains that she ...
Right-Wing Official Pushes Bible Death Message at Obama
Obama paused for a sustained greeting and hug with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) who had just announced her resignation from Congress to complete her recovery from an assassination attempt. The shooting of Giffords and others outside a ...
Dates set for elections to replace Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
PHOENIX (AP) – Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has picked dates in April and June for the special elections to choose a replacement for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Brewer on Friday set the primary election for Tuesday, April 17. The general ...
Dates set for elections to replace Giffords
...Gov. Jan Brewer has picked dates in April and June for the special elections to choose a replacement for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Brewer on Friday set the primary election for Tuesday, April 17. The general election will be held on Tuesday, J
What Happens In The Event A Congressman Is Medically Incapacitated?
More than a year after suffering a gunshot wound to the head at a public event, Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona resigned from congress this week. So is there any law that provides for someone else to represent those citizens if ...
What Happens In The Event A Congressman Is Medically Incapacitated?
More than a year after suffering a gunshot wound to the head at a public event, Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona resigned from congress this week. So is there any law that provides for someone else to represent those citizens if their elected .
Civility alert: Waxman calls GOP ‘terrorists’; lib commentator says break Jan Brewer’s finger off and shove it
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has formally resigned her Congressional post, so the moratorium on incivility must be officially over as well. On Thursday, the same day Giffords stepped down, California Rep. Henry Waxman, top Democrat on the House ...
Rep. Sanchez reaches across the aisle
Loretta Sanchez, D-Santa Ana, and Michael Grimm, R-NY. The assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords last year prompted some Congress members to forego the usual State of the Union seating, which is typically self-segregating by party affiliation.
VIDEO: In rare show of unity, Congress says goodbye to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, still recovering from the shooting that nearly took her life last January, turned in her resignation on Wednesday. A special election will be held to find someone to occupy her seat temporarily. Colleagues of ...
Congress' moving send-off to lawmaker after shooting
The US Congress, in a rare show of unity, gave an emotional sendoff Wednesday to Gabrielle Giffords, the lawmaker who was critically injured after being shot by a deranged gunman, and who is leaving office to focus on her recovery. Former US Rep.
Gabrielle Giffords resigns from the House in emotional farewell
At 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, a wave of applause rippled through the House of Representatives. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) had begun making her way up the center aisle, clasping the left hand of Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman ..
Gabrielle Giffords resigns from Congress
(CNN)-- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who moved the nation with an improbable comeback after a gunman shot her in the head last year, formally resigned Wednesday in an emotional appearance in the U.S. House of Representatives. "I will recover and ...
An Emotional Farewell on the House Floor
WASHINGTON — The House bade a tearful farewell to Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona on Wednesday as she submitted her resignation and was praised by members of both parties as an inspiring symbol of courage in the aftermath of an ...
Gabrielle Giffords Anti-Smuggling Bill Passes Senate
...and Giffords forma... WASHINGTON -- The Senate has passed an anti-smuggling bill that was the final legislative act of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The Senate vote came a day after the bill passed the House and Giffords forma... As President Barack Obama ma
What's next for Gabrielle Giffords?
...Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) receives a standing ovation from members of Congress on Tuesday, a day before handing in her resignation to focus on her recovery. Photo: Pool/Getty Images SEE ALL 34 PHOTOS Amid tears and applause from her colleagues, Rep. G
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