Boehner: Giffords Shooting 'An Inhuman Act'

Gabrielle Giffords shooting: a leadership moment for Obama, Boehner
Gabrielle Giffords tragedy - and that of 19 others killed or wounded during a Mass Shooting Saturday - puts special demands on President Obama and new House Speaker John Boehner....

Surgeons say Giffords showing positive signs
TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors treating wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords provided an optimistic update Sunday about her chances for survival, saying they are "very, very encouraged" by her ability to respond to simple commands along with their success in controlling her bleeding. The FBI said Law Enforcement could bring charges against the gunman as early as Sunday, and House Speaker John Boehner said normal House business this week has been postponed in the aftermath of the shooting. Surgeons s...

The Week Ahead: Assassination attempt brings Congress to a standstill
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Arizona tragedy gives Congress a moment to pause
WASHINGTON — The shooting rampage in Arizona seems to have created a reset moment for confrontational politics, as lawmakers reflect on the repercussions of the overheated Rhetoric traded on the airwaves and on the Campaign Trail. Members of Congress from both parties called Sunday for civility over belligerence as the House temporarily shelved the contentious debate over repealing the Health Care law and lawmakers paused to contemplate the tragedy. Critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giff...

Arizona tragedy gives Congress a moment to pause
WASHINGTON—The shooting rampage in Arizona seems to have created a reset moment for confrontational politics, as lawmakers reflect on the repercussions of the overheated Rhetoric traded on the airwaves and on the Campaign Trail. Members of Congress from both parties called Sunday for civility over belligerence as the House temporarily shelved the contentious debate over repealing the Health Care law and lawmakers paused to contemplate the tragedy. Critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Gifford...

Late Night Political Humor
“The Republicans now control the House, and they say their plan is to stick to a strict interpretation of the original Constitution. So I hope you didn’t like voting, women and non-whites.” - Jimmy Kimmel “They’re also hoping to cut back on government Regulation on Wall Street. I think we can all agree that Wall Street does a good job policing itself.” - Jimmy Kimmel “Now that the Republicans have taken over the House, they’re going to ...

US Republicans hit some bumps amid triumph (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama's Republican foes triumphantly took over the House of Representatives -- only to find themselves beset by criticism and nursing self-inflicted political wounds. They took heat for backing off their signal campaign pledge to cut 100 billion dollars in Government Spending in short order, and for bending their own rules for bringing new transparency to the divided US Congress. They drew heavy fire from Democrats for scheduling a symbolic vote...

Boehner: Public Service Comes with Risk
Source: Wall Street Journal Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Sunday morning that the “inhuman” shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others outside a Tucson, Ariz., Supermarket this weekend “should not and will not deter us from our calling to represent our constituents and fulfill our oaths of office.” “No act . . . must be allowed to stop us from our duty,” Mr. Boehner said during brief remarks at the West Chester, Ohio, Township Hall and Administration Offices. He echo

Boehner: Shooting Spree 'Inhuman Act'
(NewsCore) - House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the thoughts and prayers of the House were with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and all those hurt in the Shooting Spree in Tucson. Speaking from his home state of Ohio, Boehner described the shooting -- which killed six people, including a Federal Court judge and a nine-year-old girl -- as an "inhuman act." "This inhuman act should not, and will not, deter us from our calling to represent our constituents and to fulfil...

Carolyn McCarthy to Introduce Gun Control Legislation in Response to Giffords Shooting
Rep. Carolyn Mccarthy, who lost her husband to gun violence before coming to Congress, and who has since become one of the leading pro-gun control politicians in the country, plans to introduce Legislation in response to the shooting in Tuscon, Arizona that claimed the life of 6 and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a medically induced coma. “My staff is working on looking at the different Legislation fixes that we might be able to do and we might be able to introduce as early as tomorrow,” ...

US files charges, cites plan to kill congresswoman
TUCSON — Prosecutors accused Jared Lee Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old College Dropout, of five serious federal charges yesterday, including the attempted Assassination of a member of Congress, after a shooting Saturday morning that killed six people and left 14 wounded. Documents filed in the US District Court in Phoenix indicated that evidence seized from Loughner’s home showed he had planned to kill Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was in critical condition with a gunshot ...

Jared Loughner: The Making of a Political Assassin and an American Terrorist
When the sound of gunfire had finally stopped, 18 people were shot. Of the 18 wounded, six of them were dead or were dying, including John M. Roll, the chief U.S. District Judge in Arizona, and Gabe Zimmerman, Giffords's local director of community outreach. Also killed was Christina Taylor Green, age 9, who ironically was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and had gone to the event with a neighbor. Two other Giffords Staffers, district director Ron Barber and community outreach aide Pam Simon were among t...

More Accusations Leveled At Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)
US Reps. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.), left, and Mike Fitzpatrick, (R-Pa.) raise their hands and recite the oath of office on Wednesday as they watch a television broadcast of speaker of the house John Boehner administering the oath from the House floor, during a reception for Fitzpatrick supporters in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. (AP photo/The Intelligencer, David Garrett) WASHINGTON, DC (CBS) — A government Watchdog agency is questioning whether Bucks County congressman Michael Fi...

Housed
WASHINGTON—Rule One of politics: When you have the advantage, don't allow your opponents to turn the tables. House Republicans violated this rule when they decided to make Repeal of the Health Care law their first major act in the 112th Congress. The mistake will haunt them for years. It's a surprising error from a leadership that showed shrewd judgment and exceptional discipline during President Obama's first two years. John Boehner is now Speaker of the House because he and his party fo...

Violent rhetoric leads to senseless shooting of Gabrielle Giffords
MoveOn.org and Credo Action are circulating online petitions calling for an end to the violent Rhetoric that led to the senseless shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others at a political event in a Tucson, Arizona shopping center on Saturday. Across the world, columnists are writing about the ugly and confrontational political climate in the U.S.  In Los Angeles County, over half of all Registered Voters are Democrats, and local residents are upset about the violent rhetor...

Giffords Shooting Reaction from Obama, McCain, Tucson Tea Party (ContributorNetwork)
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle (Gabby) Giffords (D-Ariz.) Saturday is being viewed as an assault on the American political system by some of her stunned colleagues in light of reports that she was targeted. Giffords is in critical condition after a bullet entered one side of her head and exited the other side. The shooting occurred at a constituent event; many who know her described this as typical of her outreach efforts. Here are some of the public statements issued in response to Saturday&...

Giffords shooting suspect due in court; moment of silence set
President Obama will lead the nation in a moment of silence Monday morning for the Victims of a shooting attack that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), and the 22-year-old suspect is due in court later in the day on charges he attempted to assassinate her. The president will observe the moment of silence at 11 a.m. on the South Lawn of the White House as a way, he said, “for us to come together as a nation in prayer or reflection, keeping the Victims and their families cl...

Giffords' Intern Recounts Efforts to Keep Her Alive in Moments After the Shooting
In the moments after she was shot in the head while meeting constituents outside a Supermarket on Saturday, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was still "alert and conscious" and grabbed a young intern's hand when he asked her if she could hear him. That did not last long. Giffords now is in University Medical Center in Tucson, heavily sedated after two hours of surgery and has not been conscious since the shooting. Daniel Hernandez, 20, a junior at the University of Arizona, had been working for Giffords...

Tucson Massacre Aftermath -- Boehner: 'Inhuman Act' Won't 'Deter Us'
What is this? The morning after a shooter on Saturday targeted more than a score of Victims at a Tucson strip shopping center, grievously wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, and killing six, including a Federal Judge, a nine-year old girl, a congressional aide and several Retirees, much of the nation awakened still trying to make sense of the carnage. Law-enforcement officials said they were pursuing a second suspect, a man thought to be in his 50s who they believe accompanied...

Giffords shooting prompts calls for more security
In the wake of the shooting that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and killed one of her aides, a Federal Judge and four others, U.S. Capitol Police spent the weekend fielding calls from lawmakers with concerns over potential threats and questions about what more should be done to protect Staffers and family members at home. This Story Giffords shooting prompts calls for more security FAQ: Congress and safety U.S. sees evidence of Assassination plot The Law Enforcement agen...

Video: Pelosi Makes Boehner Cry -- Again; Is John Edwards Engaged?
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., proves it doesn't take much to make new Speaker John Boehner , R-Ohio, cry and new Tea Party members make themselves comfortable in the House. John Edwards denies reports in the National Enquirer that he's engaged to his former mistress Rielle Hunter but Jay Leno isn't sure who to believe, "Who are you going to believe? A sleazy purveyor of lies or the National Enquirer?" Today's Must See Moment -- Fast forward to 1:20 to find out what doesn't make ...

House to honor moment of silence Monday
At 11 a.m. Monday, the House will be silent. Following President Barack Obama’s call for a moment of silence to mourn the Shooting Spree in Tucson, Ariz., Speaker John Boehner has asked the Sargent at Arms Bill Livingood to institute a similar moment in the Capitol. “(B)y direction of Speaker Boehner, I ask that Members, officers, staff and visitors to the House side of the Capitol and the House Office Buildings join the President and all Americans in observing this moment of silen...

Washington Week
The Senate and the House convened the 112th Congress, passing and adopting mostly routine housekeeping measures and conducting leadership Elections. The Senate opened to a bit of acrimony when the two leaders differed on whether the Senate rules should be changed and how to go about these rules changes without trashing 200-plus years of Senate history. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made an impassioned Speech about how the Senate Democrats have abused their power by how they have legislated over t...

Deal-maker Daley: Obama's Emissary to Boehner?
"He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy." That's what Barack Obama said as he announced the appointment of his new Chief of Staff, William Daley, before a crowd of admiring White House Staffers. It's not hard to understand Obama's reasons for choosing Daley. Businesses are sitting on $1 Trillion in cash and refusing to make job-creating investments. They are spooked by the Obama Democrats' vast expansion of the size and scope of government and the ...

The Substance Of Symbolism
Given all the crimes that have been committed on the floor of the House of Representatives — from the Attempted Murder of five congressmen by Puerto Rican nationalists in 1954, to various cases of Bribery and Extortion, to gay members of both parties soliciting Underage congressional pages — you would think that a simple reading of the U.S. Constitution wouldn’t have provoked so much liberal outrage. The recitation of the Constitution, the first order of business for the new H...