Cheers, tears and hugs as wounded Scalise returns to Capitol

Friday, September 29, 2017

WASHINGTON -- Greeted by hugs, tears and a roaring standing ovation, a hobbling Majority Whip Steve Scalise returned to the House on Thursday, more than three months after a gunman sprayed fire at a baseball practice and left the lawmaker clinging to life.

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