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Gabrielle Giffords' office, reflecting on the determination and perseverance of the congresswoman. “She's a tough woman,” Kolfage said of Giffords, whose recovery from a 2011 shooting captivated the nation. “I know she'll overcome it (her injuries) and WASHINGTON — In an extremely moving moment on the House floor, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) submitted her resignation [...]

Arizona representative Gabby Giffords has officially resigned her seat in Congress, more than a year after she was gravely wounded by a would-be assassin at a constituency event in Tucson in which six other people were killed. Arizona representative Gabby Giffords has officially resigned her seat in Congress, more than a year after she was [...]

Texas' Rep. Ted Poe took to the floor today to sing the praises of Rep. Gabby Giffords as she prepares to officially resign from her role in order to focus on her continued recovery. As so much of her story has been, Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' last day in Congress was an emotional one, [...]

Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head during a shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., in January, 2011, throws a kiss as she stands with Rep. Jeff Flake, left, as they await President Barack Obama's State of the Union address to a joint session of By Karen Garloch Gabrielle Giffords may be resigning from the [...]

Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) smiles during the "Remembering January 8th Candlelight Vigil" held at the University of Arizona Mall January 8, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona. In a statement released it was announced that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will step down from Gabrielle Giffords announced her plans to step down from Congress in a YouTube video that's both [...]

PHOENIX — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' decision to step down from her congressional seat sets up a wide-open race to fill her spot in a conservative-leaning Arizona district that has a history of electing moderates from both Gabby Giffords was meeting constituents, the Arizona congresswoman, who was gravely injured in the attack, announced Sunday she was [...]

During a live 7pm ET edition of MSNBC's Hardball to cover the House vote on the debt ceiling increase, host Chris Matthews interrupted his panel's supportive reaction to the appearance of injured Representative Gabrielle Giffords by linking her Nearly 6 months after she was shot in the head, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords WALKED into the [...]

Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House floor on Monday night for the first time since being shot in the head in January, members of her district staff – watching on TV from Tucson – were in tears. “There was silence and sniffling. Gabrielle Giffords standing ovation returning to House of Representatives floor for Congress vote [...]