BREAKING: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on House floor

Source: cnn

BREAKING: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on House floor
By: CNN Political Unit
(CNN)–Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords entered the House chamber Monday. According to a tweet from her account she "Has returned from Washington to support a bipartisan bill to prevent economic crisis.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/01/breaking-rep-gabrielle-giffords-on-house-floor/

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UPDATES:


Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona made a surprise return to Washington Monday to vote in favour of an agreement to raise the debt limit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8668845/US-debt-crisis-live.html


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20086619-503544.html
Applause broke out in the House chamber as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., made a surprise entrance to vote for the measure. Giffords has been absent from the House since January when she was shot in the head in a shooting rampage.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/08/House-debt-limit-vote-John-Boehner--179529/1?csp=34news
http://www.kold.com/story/15189442/giffords-in-dc-for-debt-ceiling-vote

Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, victim of a shooting by a deranged gunman in Tucson, has returned to the House floor to cast a crucial vote in favor of the debt ceiling compromise.

Aside from the pleasure of seeing Rep. Giffords return to her duties at all, it is a a pleasure to see her choose this opportunity to do so. A better symbol for the moderate Democrat could hardly be conceived of.

The entire House has been giving her a well-deserved standing ovation.
http://themoderatevoice.com/118460/breaking-rep-giffords-returns-to-cast-crucial-vote/


http://twitter.com/#!/Rep_Giffords/status/98169302674452480

Standing ovation. Great news!

Faith in humanity is restored! Gabby! Gabby! Gabby!

She's been shot enough for one life.

Ok, it doesn't have the same effect on a message board as it would if a crowd was yelling it, but I hope you get the idea. Great woman and possibly the toughest woman alive!

very glad to see her recovering.

But really, welcome back Gabby!

Assault Clips Fail to Fell our Gabby!

I'm glad for her.

Gabby was probably thinking get off me you rabid hater.

all of a sudden, before the vote was finished, the crowd on the floor broke out in applause.

It was strange, only in that it took a minute before the C-Span announcer told us why the applause was happening before the end of the vote and before the magic 216 number had been reached.

What a woman. I'm sitting here with tears.

Out of curiosity, how long did she have before they replaced her? Is there a limit, or just when/if her term ran out without her returning?

Kind if took the air out of the Bill's balloon!

any law requiring an election for replacing her. I might be wrong.

have outnumbered the Yeas instead of being tied.

for once since Kennedy and Eisenhower.

let's not forget her actual stand on issues.

My best and a BIG HUG!

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"Sometimes the most positive thing we can write is negative to you..." and negative to many other posters also, compelling me to believe that quite possibly, it was indeed no more than negativity; as sometimes the most positive thing we may write is simply not positive at all.

:shrug:

Can't you forget politics for one second? Just long enough to post something positive about her...then go about your business of destroying our Democratic president?

Wouldn't causing the US to default and destroying the US economy be f*****g the USA?

And yes, I would've used the 14th amendment. Barack Obama has undone the work of Eisenhower, who increased the number of folks eligible for social security. Obama will be remembered as the democrat who cut our safety net. Nice legacy.

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Gabby constantly leaves me speechless. I just love her.
KnR!

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." John F Kennedy

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don't pictures just make ya feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Good lord...

it's more like a band-aid on a third-degree burn.

:headbang:
rocktivity

I hope standing amid all the slimy, skanky, skeezy nonsense in Congress didn't set her recovery back.

Stay away from the satan sandwiches and fries, Rep. Giffords!

but the symbolism of Giffords' return is rich. The message to the Tea Party is "You can try shooting America in the head all you want, and sure, you'll do lasting, permanent damage, but you will not stop us, you will not bow us to your reactionary will, and we will leave you in the slagheap of history."

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Who siphoned off enough votes to stick us with deficit-boy for 8 years. That's the sole reason we are in this current mess, and they just won't own up to being complicit in this whole mess, so they overcompensate by screaming and pouting like a bunch of obnoxious children who just threw a rock through the neighbors window.

she is a moderate Dem, always as been - selling her soul? :wtf:

here is a politician that really tries to work for ALL of her constituents, has suffered a life-threatening injury, and has shown up to do what she was elected to do. that is NOT selling her soul, no matter how one feels about the deal that has been done. she is voting with her party

you are out of line

..but if I must agree... I think she is wrong.

If you give the Republicans an inch.. they will take two miles.

That is what they want... Social Security, Medicare and all loose change laying on the table... anything they can confiscate.

Welcome to my ignore list.

I am in HK for business and saw this on the TV as I was getting ready for work.

I stood there in my boxers, weeping with joy and sadness. I also sent out a big old FUCK YOU to the crazy asshole that tried to kill her and DID kill several others.

It was a beautiful scene.

Welcome back Congresswoman!

Fantastic!

but never receive: a truly heroic act of courage and determination. While we do not agree on every political issue, I cannot help but admire the model of courage and dedication she sets. I am proud she is a Democrat.

Congratulations, Representative Giffords.

Sam

She could have stayed at home and not taken a stand and no one would have thought about it. She did not make a grand speech with catchy phrases. She literally almost died serving her country...and she did watch others die as they tried to support her. Regardless as to whether or not I disagree with her vote, I admire her fortitude and courage. I get sick of big mouth reps and senators who posture for the camera to get us riled up, and then become rich on the backs of the American public. Who knows how these people snicker behind our backs as they cut deals, benefit from insider knowledge and then pretend to feel our pain.

It was good to see her back in action. The alternative could have been much worse for her.

You keep going (even though I wished you had voted "no")

i`ll give the orange man a break if he`s all weepy..

...right. I am SO glad she is doing so well.

To Gabby: The Capitol is not the only thing that looks beautiful in Washington, D.C. tonight. :grouphug:

terrible piece of ALEC work...

just like Obama, Franken, Leahy, etc. (Of course I'm being sarcastic, but the purists REALLY need to hear it. They need a civics class in the worst way, or better yet, to actually have to govern something.)

like RBinMaine.

Kudos Rep. Giffords. Good to see you back at work. :kick:

and it is grand to see you back in the Capitol.

Biden on meeting with Giffords...and more
08/01/2011 9:17 PM
By Matt Viser, Globe Staff

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden spent much of his day on Capitol Hill, listening to disgruntled Democrats who were queasy about the debt deal that the White House signed off on.

But he ended the day with a beaming smile, inviting an amputee to his house tomorrow for breakfast, and ruminating with reporters about an emotional moment that just occurred on the House floor: Representative Gabrielle Giffords returning to the chamber for the first time since she was shot in the head during a town hall meeting.

“That’s why I’m here,” Biden said. “Nancy was kind enough to call me.” (that’s Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader).

He then launched into several stories as secret service officers looked on, reporters crowded around, and lawmakers walked past.

“When I went up, she said, ‘Joe,” Biden recalled of his meeting with Giffords. “I said, ‘Now we’re both members of the Cracked Head Club.’ You know, I had two craniotomies. For real. They literally took the top of my head off. Twice. Now, the wags in Delaware, when the second operation occurred, wrote and said, ‘Well, it’s because they couldn’t find a brain the first time!’”

More:
http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/08/biden-talks-his-meeting-with-giffords-and-more/NcyqlNTBgcSmjeUlP5ua8N/index.html

What can I say that others have not already said so eloquently?

VERY glad to see you back in DC, Rep Giffords.