A Disillusioned Democrat Burns Her Bridges, Seeking To Light the Way For the Left
By MARTIN PENGELLY
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With all the talk about how the American democracy is cynical and broken, what is the world going to make of the events on the floor of the House of Representatives this evening, when, in the midst of the passage of the breakthrough on the debt ceiling, Gabrielle Giffords returned? It is hard to recall many moments more dramatic. In the midst of the roll call of the vote in the House, the lower chamber was suddenly swept by applause, tentatively at first, then with growing fervor, as House members, one by one, then in groups, grapsed that the Congresswoman of Arizona was entering the chamber.
By MARTIN PENGELLY
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|With all the talk about how the American democracy is cynical and broken, what is the world going to make of the events on the floor of the House of Representatives this evening, when, in the midst of the passage of the breakthrough on the debt ceiling, Gabrielle Giffords returned? It is hard to recall many moments more dramatic. In the midst of the roll call of the vote in the House, the lower chamber was suddenly swept by applause, tentatively at first, then with growing fervor, as House members, one by one, then in groups, grapsed that the Congresswoman of Arizona was entering the chamber.
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