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    Giffords in House for first time since shooting

    WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House of Representatives for the first time since she was shot last January, making a dramatic entrance Monday night during a crucial debt vote and drawing loud applause and cheers from surprised colleagues.

    As lawmakers stood on the floor, staring up at the vote board, Giffords slowly made her way through an entrance on the Democratic side of the chamber. Applause built and rolled like a wave through the House as lawmakers realized that their colleague had returned.

    Shortly after her appearance, a tweet appeared on Giffords' Twitter account: "The Capitol looks beautiful and I am honored to be at work tonight."

    On Jan. 8, Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, was shot in the head in the parking lot of a Tucson grocery store while meeting with constituents. Six people were killed and 13 others, including Giffords, were wounded. The man charged in the shooting, Jared Lee Loughner, has pleaded not guilty to 49 charges.

    On the House floor, Giffords, wearing glasses, her hair darker and cut short since surgery, hugged and kissed fellow lawmakers. As time ticked off on the vote, Democrats and Republicans made their way toward her.

    She cast her first vote โ€” for the debt-limit bill โ€” and left the Capitol.

    "It means so much to our country ... to witness the return of our colleague who is the personification of courage, of sincerity, of admiration throughout the country," Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California told the House.

    Giffords has been undergoing outpatient therapy in Houston since her release from the hospital in June.

    Loughner was sent to a federal prison facility in Springfield, Missouri, after a federal judge concluded he was mentally incompetent to stand trial.

     

    124 comments

    • jim  •  9 mths ago
      She's an amazing lady, good luck.
      • Adela Juliana 9 mths ago
        Oh yes God is Great
        i'm so happy for her, her family
        and the country
    • A Reader  •  9 mths ago
      Now THAT is COURAGE, WAY TO GO REP. Giffords. WAY To GO AZ.
    • Vince  •  9 mths ago
      As a Republican, all I can say is. VIVA GABBY !! May God bless her and the USA !!
    • Ek  •  9 mths ago
      Its good that she appeared at the house. A brave woman who I hope can help put aside the pettiness that both sides have displayed. We need leaders and not instigators and hateful people in the congress.
    • Gary R  •  9 mths ago
      Gabby rocks!
    • K  •  9 mths ago
      She has always worked across party lines. What an example.
      • Alex 9 mths ago
        Yes she has - to plunder the American tax-payer into the $14 TRILLION hole.
    • backinfulldistrust  •  9 mths ago
      Where does all this partisan venom and hatefulness come from?
      It brings to mind the question that precipitated Senator Joe McCarthy's
      downfall: "Have you no decency, sir?"
      • Alex 9 mths ago
        Yes, and then KGB archives were opened and verified that heroic senator Joe McCarthy was 100% right.

        If you want to see partisan venom and hatefullness - look at liberal treatment of Joe McCarthy, simply for holding hearings (that's all he, as a Senator, could do).
    • John R.  •  9 mths ago
      As time ticked off on the vote, Democrats and Republicans made their way toward her.
      AS IT SHOULD BE, AMERICA MORE TOGETHERNESS
    • Lefty the Troll of Truth  •  9 mths ago
      The most AWESOME thing to happen in our government for a LONG time!!!
      • DJS 9 mths ago
        Thought that was Obama getting Osama in May - not too long ago
      • JENELL 9 mths ago
        That she was able to show up for this is a slap in the face to the Tea Party's venomous lock and load agenda!
      • Lefty the Troll of Truth 9 mths ago
        DJS: Yeah it was but I don't want to focus on shootings at this moment ya know Sparky?
    • Vicente  •  9 mths ago
      The fact that she showed up and voted is enough for me. This lady is a true American, and knew the importance of the matter on hand. I pray a speedy recovery for her.
      • JENELL 9 mths ago
        they didn't say that she voted, just that she showed up for the vote...I'd be happy for her if she did vote, but its got to be between her and her drs to decide when she's ready for work again.
      • William 9 mths ago
        Betcha' it was like "Weekend At Bernies" sans the dark glasses. How did she get there? Did she know where she was? Kinda' like they wheeled in Teddy with his brain gone. The Dems know no shame when it comes to getting votes.
      • Vicente 9 mths ago
        Well William, you are so right about the democratic machine, When I was a kid , I would watch the news reels at the movies with Ed Hurley announcing that the communist would take -over a country through their newspapers, schools and city goverments and unions.This not the same Democrat party I knew from the '50's and '60's. I have always said 'That nice guys finish last in politics" and that the Democrats have a war room ready to pounce on a person or an idea that does not suit them. When you look back to what has happen in USA it seems that the left has taken control on all the above mention. One question," what is propaganda, is it the truth being told, or is propaganda a lie trying to convince you that it is the truth.
    • Hawk  •  9 mths ago
      Go Gabby!
    • Frank Hammer  •  9 mths ago
      She looked great, very responsive. Amazing.
    • Tobin  •  9 mths ago
      I love this woman's determination and strength! Welcome back!
    • E.S.A.D.  •  9 mths ago
      Is she fit to serve?
    • fancy lady  •  9 mths ago
      So very happy to hear this. Hoping she will be able to return full time in the not to distant future. Way to go!!!!!
    • Charlotte De Graeve  •  9 mths ago
      Unbelieveable woman......guts and smarts!
    • Who  •  9 mths ago
      Glad she's doing much better.
    • Neetsie  •  9 mths ago
      I pray for her full recovery every day. She is an inspiration.
    • DudB  •  9 mths ago
      Right On Gabby.
    • www.theMoonDanceSaloon.co ...  •  9 mths ago
      GO GABBY GO!
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