Articles filed under US Senate
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Congress moves against food-borne illnessesDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Comprehensive reform to the country's food safety system, sponsored by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, has passed both houses of Congress. The legislation now heads to Presid...
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Durbin, Kirk call for water testingDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois' two senators Tuesday called for more rigorous testing of Lake Michigan tap water, which may contain a cancer-causing metal that local residents could be ingest...
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'Don't ask, don't tell' repealed in historic Senate voteDec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Gay rights activists won a 17-year national battle Saturday, as the Senate voted to repeal a divisive policy banning openly homosexual troops from serving in the militar...
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DREAM Act put on indefinite holdDec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois' newest senator Saturday joined a Republican filibuster to block legislation championed by his senior Democratic colleague. Sen. Mark Kirk was one of the 41 Sen...
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Kirk talks about voting for repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'Dec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - New Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk was one of only eight Republicans to break from his party and vote for repeal of the ‘don't ask, don't tell' policy banning openly gay troops...
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Durbin, Kirk meet in the middle to vote for tax dealDec 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois' two senators met in the middle Wednesday to vote in favor of legislation that would extend rapidly expiring tax cuts to Americans at every income level. The m...
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Kirk looks back, forward in first Senate speechDec 13, 2010 10:00 pm - New suburban Sen. Mark Kirk took the Senate floor for the first time very much like he left the House floor for the last: looking back on his predecessors' accomplishmen...
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Kirk names several suburbanites to chair advisory boardsDec 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Sen. Mark Kirk Thursday named several suburban residents as chairs of his five newly formed advisory boards. Kirk, who was sworn into the Senate on Nov. 29 to fill the r...
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DREAM Act stalled in SenateDec 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Just a day after narrow passage in the U.S. House, legislation that would provide undocumented youth with a path to citizenship was delayed in the Senate on Thursday. Wi...
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Suburbs watch DREAM Act progressDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - A measure that would help millions of children raised illegally in the suburbs and around the country become citizens cleared a major hurdle Wednesday, but faces an even...