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Rep. Steve Scalise In Fair Condition After Another Surgery For Infection

Scalise was shot at a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress in mid-June. He was re-admitted to the intensive care unit last month, and required multiple new surgeries.
A bullet hole is seen on June 19 on a gate at the Eugene Simpson Stadium Park, the site where House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise was shot by gunman James Hodgkinson, in Alexandria, Va. / Alex Wong / Getty Images

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was shot in mid-June by a gunman targeting a congressional baseball practice, has returned to fair condition after receiving surgery for deep tissue infection.

In the days immediately after the shooting, Scalise was in critical condition; a bullet

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