Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

Democrat  •  8th District, Arizona  •  2nd Term  •  Sworn In 2007
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 91%
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09/17/09
US House weighing federal takeover of all college loans

...college financial aid reform. Early responses ranged from $1,500 to $30,000 in debt. The papers will be delivered to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office today. Giffords supports the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. Students in her congressional

09/16/09
RE: Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords and Jeff Flake were the only Arizona congressional members who crossed party lines in the US House vote rebuking South Carolina ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
09/16/09
2 Arizonans in House cross party lines in Wilson rebuke

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was one of only 12 Democrats to oppose the resolution. Flake called Wilson "a good man" and said he is confident that "his ...

Source: AZ Central.com
09/16/09
US REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS ADDRESSES SOLAR ECONOMICS FORUM

WASHINGTON - US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords this week outlined the future of solar power and its potential for growth, telling a conference in the nation's ...

Source: Willcox Range News
09/16/09
RE: Gabrielle Giffords

WASHINGTON - US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today released the following statement on the report of the Review of Human Space Flight Plans Committee. ...

Source: Space Ref (press release)
09/16/09
NASA Budget Woes: Panel Says Tell Us Something New

...what it will take to ensure a robust and meaningful human space flight program than we were before they started their review." Giffords added that the Augustine's review panel's conclusions were hardly surprising to the elected officials who annually st

Source: eWeek
09/16/09
RE: Gabrielle Giffords

WASHINGTON - US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today released the following statement on the report of the Review of Human Space Flight Plans Committee. ...

Source: Space Ref (press release)
09/16/09
Lawmakers Give NASA Moon Plan a Boost

...that will replace the aging shuttle fleet. But the agency's history of inadequate funding is well known, said U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat who heads a House space and aeronautics panel. "I'm frustrated by what I read. In fact, I'm p

Source: Space.com
09/16/09
Party Lines

...Story Partisan Heat Shows No Sign of Cooling Party Lines DEMOCRATS VOTING NO Michael Arcuri (N.Y.); Bill Delahunt (Mass.); Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.); Paul W. Hodes (N.H.); Maurice D. Hinchey (N.Y.); Dennis J. Kucinich (Ohio); Dan Maffei (N.Y.); Eric Ma

09/16/09
RE: Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords and Jeff Flake were the only Arizona congressional members who crossed party lines in the US House vote rebuking South Carolina ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
09/16/09
Flake, Giffords buck party lines in Wilson 'you lie' vote

...Reps. Gabrielle Giffords and Jeff Flake were the only Arizona congressional members who crossed party lines in the U.S. House vote rebuking South Carolina congressman Joe Wilson’s “you lie” shout at President Barack Obama. Wilson, a Republican, ye

09/16/09
Political rally turnout higher than expected

A brief downpour was not the only surprise on Saturday as Tom Carlson, who is campaigning to take Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' spot in Congress, ...

Source: Sierra Vista Herald
09/16/09
'Staggering' flow cited in border checkpoint push

GREEN VALLEY - US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords headed back to Washington with an earful of advice on the Border Patrol ...

Source: Willcox Range News
09/16/09
No veterans center coming to Cochise County

The no from Eric Shinseki has angered Democratic US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who has been pushing for a special center to be located in Sierra Vista. ...

Source: Willcox Range News
09/16/09
Rep. Giffords Statement on the Report of the Review of the US Human Space ...

WASHINGTON - US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords today released the following statement on the report of the Review of Human Space Flight Plans Committee. ...

Source: Space Ref (press release)
09/16/09
RE: Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords and Jeff Flake were the only Arizona congressional members who crossed party lines in the US House vote rebuking South Carolina ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
09/15/09
Giffords votes no on rebuking Wilson

US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was one of just 12 Democrats who on Tuesday voted against a measure rebuking US Rep. Joe Wilson for yelling “You lie! ...

Source: Sahuarita Sun
09/15/09
Rep. Wilson: Dems 'playing politics'

Rep. Joe Wilson, who is facing a disciplinary vote in the House today for yelling "You lie" at President Obama last week, just posted a Twitvid in which he ...

Source: USA Today
09/15/09
Flake votes to scold Wilson for outburst

...of the House and I supported its passage.’’ The only other member of Arizona’s delegation to cross party lines was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,  a Democrat, who represents parts of southern Arizona. She voted with Republicans against the resolution.

09/15/09
Lawmakers question report by presidential space review panel

...replace the aging shuttle fleet. But the agencys long history of inadequate funding has been well known, said U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat who heads a House space and aeronautics panel. Im frustrated by what I read. In fact, Im pre

Source: Florida Today
09/15/09
Vaccine approved...Wilson scolded...Patriot Act powers?

But the moon plan got words of support today from lawmakers, including House Space Subcommittee chair Gabrielle Giffords, whose husband is an astronaut.

Source: 9&10 News
09/15/09
Party Lines

Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.); Paul W. Hodes (NH); Maurice D. Hinchey (NY); Dennis J. Kucinich (Ohio); Dan Maffei (NY); Eric Massa (NY); Jim McDermott (Wash. ...

Source: Washington Post
09/13/09
Arizonan deplores incivility

When Marty Huffman recently told Rep. Gabrielle Giffords the heartfelt story of his family's struggle with the health-insurance industry, many in the Sierra ...

Source: AZ Central.com
09/13/09
In politics, rancor is what rules

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., praised the first eight months of the Obama administration as highly productive, even though Congress by design is a slow ...

Source: Arizona Republic
09/12/09
Giffords to get national honor

TUCSON — Democratic US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will receive the Charles Dick Medal of Merit from the National Guard Association of the United States during ...

Source: Sierra Vista Herald
09/11/09
Giffords says 9/11 victims must be remembered

... Taliban and its al-Qaida supporters, many of whom are in Pakistan, said Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona's 8th Congressional District representative. ...

Source: Sierra Vista Herald
09/10/09
Bright: US must clarify its role in Afghanistan

...traveled with Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., chairman of the House subcommittee on terrorism and unconventional threats, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. The group spent three days in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. There, members met with Prime Mini

09/10/09
Rep. Giffords responds to health-care questions

By Wick News Service US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., held three town hall meetings last week talking about health care reform — arguably the hottest ...

Source: Inside Tucson Business
09/10/09
No guns at political rallies

I attended Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' town hall meeting at a local high school in Tucson, Ariz. Over 2000 people from both sides of the health care ...

Source: People's Weekly World
09/10/09
Community Briefing

Special guest speakers will be US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, District 8, and Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the US Coast Guard, at 1 pm on Friday, Sept. ...

Source: Willcox Range News

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