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Kirk working on bipartisan gun control bill

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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), second from left, who participated in a clinical walking trial at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago following a massive stroke in January 2012, acknowledges the crowd of well-wishers as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), center, and Dick Durbin (D-IL), right, walk with him up the Capitol building steps in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Kirk hopes his recovery will serve as an inspiration to the millions of Americans recovering from stroke. (Paul Morigi / AP Images for Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago)

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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, newly returned to Congress after suffering a stroke, is becoming a central figure in the Senate's gun control debate. An aide in Kirk's office has confirmed that the Highland Park Republican is working with two Democrats to draft bipartisan gun control legislation. In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, the senators' bipartisan proposals could be the beginning of significant debate and reform.

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