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Kirk ‘disappointed’ in Senate vote on background checks Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM
While the Senate voted down background check legislation Wednesday, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, tells the Daily Herald how he and lunch buddy Mark Kirk, a Highland Park Republican, came to work together on the issue and try to find a bipartisan solution.
Kirk meets with families of Sandy Hook victims Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM
Both Illinois senators voted yes on a series of gun control measures in the U.S. Senate Wednesday after meeting with the families of children killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting.
Durbin's growing war chest points toward another bid Apr 13, 2013 12:00 AM
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is expected to make an official announcement about running for a fourth term in the coming weeks, and a look at the war chest of the Senate's No. 2 Democrat reveals he appears to be taking a 2014 bid quite seriously. According to a campaign disclosure report expected to be filed with the Federal Election Commission at midnight Monday, Durbin raised $727,081 in the first quarter of the year, which ended March 31.
Oberweis still pushing for Brady’s removal Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
State Sen. Jim Oberweis of Sugar Grove isn't backing down from efforts to oust beleaguered Illinois GOP Pat Brady of St. Charles, who supports gay marriage, at Saturday's state central committee meeting in Tinley Park. Oberweis said he believes the state central committee will soon begin interviewing potential candidates to replace Brady.
Obama calls spotlight Kirk's role in gun debateApr 10, 2013 12:00 AM
For the second time in as many months, President Barack Obama has reached out to Senator Mark Kirk. Obama called the Highland Park Republican, who occupies his old Senate seat, to talk gun control late Tuesday. Kirk has taken a leading role on the issue, one that the President can't afford to lose.
Kirk: My long walk back to the SenateFeb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
I’m different from what I was. My left leg and left arm might never work like they once did, but my mind is sharp. I’m capable of doing the work entrusted to me by the people of Illinois, but I am forever changed.
Kirk, Giffords see lives intersect, again, over gun control Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
On Wednesday morning, as U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was introducing bipartisan gun trafficking legislation, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, issuing a halting plea to Congress to "be bold. Be courageous," on gun control. For the third time in as many Januaries, the lives of the two intersected.
Kirk’s stroke draws former Porter staff together Jan 3, 2013 12:00 AM
News of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's stroke traveled fast among the group that had worked alongside him years earlier in longtime North suburban Congressman John Porter's office. Reminded of the fragility of life, the once close-knit group began to reconnect and even held a reunion in April.
Senator Kirk speaks for the first time about his strokeJan 2, 2013 12:00 AM
For Mark Kirk, there was no white light, no tunnel. What Illinois' junior U.S. senator experienced was three angels standing at the foot of his bed. "You want to come with us?" Kirk was asked. "No," he told them. "I'll hold off." Kirk plans to return to the Senate Thursday.
Experts: Stroke could make Kirk a tougher opponent in 2016 Jan 2, 2013 12:00 AM
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk hasn't said whether he'll seek re-election in 2016, but experts say if he does, his recovery and return to Congress could make a campaign challenge by Democrats more difficult.
Kirk: Experimental therapy helped him relearn to walk Jan 2, 2013 12:00 AM
A beaming Mark Kirk emerged from a Willis Tower stairwell on Nov. 4 after climbing more than three dozen flights of stairs on his own. The U.S. senator, who lost much of the function in his left arm and leg after suffering an ischemic stroke on Jan. 21, 2012, credits an experimental program at the Rehabilitation Institute with restoring his ability to walk.
Durbin chairs first hearing on school to prison pipeline Dec 12, 2012 12:00 AM
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin Wednesday chaired a hearing looking at the the relationship between schools and the criminal system. The hearing follows a change in state law to futher information sharing between schools and police prompted by an attack on an Elgin teacher and subsequent Daily Herald investigation.
Editorial: Kirk, other Willis climbers inspire us allNov 12, 2012 12:00 AM
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk's climb of the top 37 floors of the Willis Tower last weekend was a testament to the spirit of the senator and to the medical advances at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, a Daily Herald editorial says.
McCaskill defeats controversial Akin in Senate race Nov 6, 2012 12:00 AM
Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill defeated Republican Representative Todd Akin to win a second U.S. Senate term. The race was turned upside down Aug. 19 when Akin, 65, said in a television interview that "legitimate rape" rarely results in pregnancy.
Sen. Kirk joins the campaign trail via videoOct 31, 2012 12:00 AM
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, recovering at home in Highland Park from a stroke, joins the campaign trail in a video on behalf of his successor in the 10th Congressional District, Republican Rep. Bob Dold. The video, put to music, is depicted as one stop in Dold's “working together” John McCain-style bus tour.
Sen. Durbin visits Palatine Opportunity Center Sep 22, 2012 12:00 AM
U..S. Sen. Dick Durbin spent about an hour at the Palatine Opportunity Center last week, greeting clients, congratulating Harper College GED students for their dedication to their studies and reading to preschoolers.
Durbin wants feds to check for vulnerable bridges Jul 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Spot federal inspections of railway bridges could improve safety but are costly also, Sen. Dick Durbin says.While at a news conference concerning the federal transportation funding bill, Durbin talked about a railway bridge collapse in Glenview that killed a local couple.
Kirk’s office points to other coin bills, but little else, in response to allegations Jun 1, 2012 12:00 AM
In the wake of a report that he may have advanced commemorative coin legislation that benefitted clients of a former girlfriend, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s office is pointing to nearly two dozen other coin bills he supported during his time in Congress, but is saying little else.
Kirk refunded ex-wife's campaign checks at her requestMay 29, 2012 12:00 AM
U.S. Senator Mark Kirk's campaign returned $9,200 campaign contributions to his ex-wife at her request just weeks before she filed a complaint against him with the Federal Election Commission, an audit of his filings show. “While Sen. Kirk and Ms. Vertolli divorced amicably three years ago and she actively supported Mr. Kirk's 2010 Senate campaign, Ms. Vertolli has since filed a groundless complaint consisting of bitter personal attacks and is attempting to involve a federal agency in a divorce settled 36 months ago,” Kirk's chief of staff said.
Ex-Sen. Fitzgerald calls Patrick Fitzgerald a “transformational U.S. attorney”May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
Before announcing that he would be stepping down as U.S. attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald made a courtesy call to the former U.S. senator from Inverness who fought for his appointment. Peter Fitzgerald wasn't surprised. "That's a very intense, high-pressure job. And while he's been in office, he's gotten married, he now has two kids. Life has really changed (for him)," the ex-senator said.