Mark Kirk

...holds the promise of bringing jobs to an economically depressed area and federal money to a state wallowing in debt. For U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, leading the local GOP opposition to the federal transfer, the proposal is a red-meat issue for a...

In this article: Detainee, Illinois, Gitmo, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Dick Durbin, U.S. Senate, and Defense Department

...Qaeda terrorists should stay where they cannot endanger American citizens." Unfortunately, the Mark Kirk of this week disagree strongly with the Mark Kirk of last month. In October, he actually supported the Obama administration's position...

In this article: Guantanamo Bay, Illinois, Al Qaeda, Detainee, and United States

Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:25 p.m. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk is circulating a letter among the state's congressional delegation and state officials urging the White House not to transfer suspected terrorists from...

In this article: Illinois, Al-qaida, Gitmo, Pat Quinn, U.S. Senate, White House, and GOP

Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk blasts Democratic health bill in national radio address Posted by Rick Pearson at 5 a.m. Five-term Rep. Mark Kirk of Highland Park delivered the national weekly Republican address today, blasting...

In this article: Tax, U.S. Senate, Roland Burris, and Illinois

...to enact innovative changes, a GOP lawmaker said Saturday. Delivering the Republicans' weekly radio and Internet address, Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois said health care costs could be lowered by "reining in lawsuits" and allowing...

In this article: Tax, Medicare and Medicaid, Congressional Budget Office, GOP, Barack Obama, Chicago, and Washington

...representatives Bill Foster, of Batavia, and Debbie Halvorson, of Crete, both Democrats. Meanwhile, Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk of Highland Park, who is now running for Senate, is attacked for his "No" vote in another ad by supporters of...

In this article: Bill Foster, Debbie Halvorson, Small business, Illinois Policy Institute, Service Employees International Union, U.S. House, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

...Sarah Palin and renouncing his past support of cap-and-trade legislation, Republican U.S. Senate contender Mark Kirk denied today he was moving to the right to try to coalesce support for the Feb. 2 primary elections. "I think I am who I...

In this article: Sarah Palin, Chicago, U.S. Senate, GOP, Distinguished Service Cross, Carbon, and U.S. Army

Posted by Rick Pearson at 2:10 p.m. A leading abortion rights group delivered a rebuke to Republican U.S. Senate contender Mark Kirk today for supporting an amendment to the House-passed health care reform legislation that would prevent...

In this article: U.S. Senate, Illinois, and GOP

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Cheryle Jackson, David Hoffman, Illinois Senate 2010, Illinois Senate Race, Kirk Palin, Mark Kirk, Mark Kirk Sarah Palin, Patrick Hughes, Sarah Palin, Senate Races, Chicago News When word broke that...

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...of both states. Join the Fix Fridays at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the latest in campaigns and political news. Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk penned a memo to Republican poobah Fred Malek hoping to secure an endorsement from former Alaska Gov....

In this article: Sarah Palin, Fred Malek, Illinois, Chicago, E-mail, Dede Scozzafava, and Bill Owens