Articles filed under US Senate
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Kirk supports added borrowing, coupled with reformsJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Sen. Mark Kirk said he supports short term borrowing if — and only if — several spending reforms are put into place. At a news conference at his new Senate office in Chi...
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9/11 compensation legislation to help suburban respondersDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Chicago-area firefighters' heroism was hailed by Illinois' two senators Wednesday as they worked to help pass legislation to compensate emergency workers who helped at g...
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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'Don't ask, don't tell' repealed in historic Senate voteDec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Gay rights activists won a 17-year national battle Saturday, as the Senate voted to repeal a divisive policy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...