Members of Congress applaud Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) (C), who was shot in the head during a shooting spree in Tucson, Arizona, in January, 2011, prior to U.S. President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. Giffords is expected to formally resign from Congress on January 25. REUTERS/Saul Loeb (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)