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    Scalise Is The 17th Member of Congress Shot While In Office

    Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition after being shot Wednesday during a morning baseball practice.
    by Barbara Sprunt Jun 16, 2017 2 minutes
    House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., discusses the release of the House Republican plan on health care reform at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on June 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. / Allison Shelley / Getty Images

    House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., remains hospitalized after multiple surgeries in the wake of Wednesday's shooting in Alexandria, Va., during a morning baseball practice for Republican members of Congress.

    Scalise joins a long list of members of Congress shot while in office:

    Rep. Gabrielle Giffords - Jan. 8, 2011

    Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot and critically wounded while meeting with her constituents in a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, Ariz.,

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