Shooting-Victim Giffords Ends Congressional Career
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On the last day of her five years in Congress, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords entered the House chamber to a standing ovation, then cast a vote for a bill she had co-sponsored, addressing smuggling on the U.S.-Mexico border.
House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, kissed her after accepting her letter of resignation, effective at the end of the day. Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican, praised the Arizona Democrat for her “courage, her strength and her downright fortitude after what could have been a life-ending bullet to the head.”