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• ABC7: Local vet honored for service in WWII

  Labelle earned the medal more than 60 years ago but never received it until his relatives asked the congressman to officially present it to him on V...

• Hoffman Estates artist's work graces walls of Congressional building

    It is expected, that over the course of the year, her work and the pieces selected from congressional districts across the country will be seen ...

• College Funds

  Republicans are pushing a tax amnesty plan to help come up with about $100 million for the program, although the magic number to restore funding is ...

• Kirk pushes for 401(Kids) Savings Accounts

  The Act has been forwarded to the Ways and Means Committee. Like a Roth IRA, money would be contributed to the 401 (Kids) account after taxes, with...

• U.S. Reps: Investigate Cook County Security System

  Project Shield is a federally funded program intended to link video surveillance in suburban Cook County to a central command center. But U.S. Reps...

• Kirk calls on U.S. Census to sever ties to SEIU

  Kirk also urged the firing of the National Intelligence Officer for the Middle East, who he blames for under-estimating Iran's nuclear capabilitie...

• Kirk: Gasoline embargo only way to get Iran's attention

  He says Iran is the only country on the face of the Earth that's called for another country, Israel, to be wiped from the face of the Earth. Kirk s...

• Kirk To Obama: Withdraw Grants To Libyan Charities

  The money would be divided between two foundations run by the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. A $200,000 share is set to go to the Gadhaf...

• Money for Nothing

  It takes a special kind of earnestness to believe that the Qadaffi regime, which is the supreme authority on all matters and which controls the oil ...

• Kirk Works To Assuage House Concerns

  He met for an hour with members of the U.S.-China Working Group, mainly to address concerns about the administration's Sept. 11 decision to impose t...

• Iranian Scholar, Photographer Credit Conflict In Iran To Generational Gap

  Khalaji, a senior fellow at The Washington Institute, currently researches Shiite politics in the Middle East and the role of the Iranian Supreme Le...

• Assyrians in Iraq Hope for Autonomous Region

    On Aug. 19, truck bombs in Baghdad, killing almost 100 and wounding some 600, prompted Chaldean Auxiliary Bishop Shlemon Warduni to tell Catholi...

• China Caucus Welcomes ‘Panda Slayers’ and Boosters in Congress

    Kirk, an Illinois Republican, and Larsen, a Washington Democrat, have backed up their advocacy by heading the 59-member U.S.-China Working Gro...

• Senate approves renewal of federal aid for military kids

    As Great Lakes personnel took over military housing left behind when Fort Sheridan and Glenview Naval Air Base closed, the tax crunch increased ...

• Getting reform on right track

    Take the oft-repeated claim that 50 million, 60 million or whatever -- take your pick -- Americans have no health insurance, as if our uninsured...

• Health care is hot topic for talks

    U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) added the second session after about 800 people -- on all sides of the debate -- showed up to voice their opinio...

• Missing student in Costa Rica draws global search party online

    In the week since friends created a page for the student on the popular social networking site Facebook, nearly 1,100 people have logged on t...

• Hundreds Attend Local Health Care Reform Meeting

    One Arlington Heights police officer says the crowd started showing up for the 3 p.m. meeting at 9 yesterday morning. Cong. Kirk (R-10th) sa...

• Kirk holds health care reform debate

    Judging from the turnout and the passion on both sides, health care reform is issue number one on the public's mind right now. That was the a...

• Hundreds Attend Local Health Care Reform Meeting

    CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports that between 400 and 500 people showed up today for the meeting hosted by Congressman Mark Kirk. Many of them s...

• Hundreds flock to Arlington Heights to debate health care reform

    With standing and squatting room only in a room with capacity for 350 people, police sealed village hall and a second session was scheduled for ...

• To Punish Iran

  That'll show 'em! If you feel that stronger action may be required, you might want to consider the Sherman-Kirk Amendment, which a House appropri...

• Moderates to Present Their Health Care Plan

  CQ, June 16, 2009 by Alex Wayne House moderates Tuesday will propose a health care overhaul focused on expanding private insurance coverage, in...

• Rep. Kirk wants tougher penalties for super pot

  Kirk also unveiled proposed legislation that would create tougher criminal penalties for anyone convicted of selling highly potent marijuana. ...

• Lawmakers offer 'practical' health reform plan

  CNN, June 16, 2009 WASHINGTON (CNN) — A group of congressional Republicans offered what they call a "centrist, practical" plan to overhaul th...

• Congressman Warns of Super-Potent Marijuana Hitting Suburbs

  KIRK: This is not your father's marijuana here. Congressman Mark Kirk made his announcement in a federal courtroom in downtown Chicago, whe...

• Clinton adopts low-key style at State Department

  The issue was Cuba, and the details were arcane. Clinton and her team, in negotiations on the sidelines of the Organization of American States assem...

• U.N. Seeks U.S. Probe of Alleged Misuse of Afghan Aid

  The move comes six months after a U.N. anti-corruption task force concluded that Gary K. Helseth, an American who managed more than $1 billion in in...

• Foreign Affairs Bill Passes With IP Text

  The vote comes as diplomats prepare for December negotiations as part of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. "American innovations in c...

• Reps. to Fed: Stop printing money

  Fox News, June 8, 2009 by Mosheh Oinounou A group of Republican congressmen have a simple message for the Federal Reserve: Stop printing money. ...

• China airs fears on US debt, dollar: lawmaker

      "We heard across the board -- in private -- substantial, continuing and rising concern," Representative Mark Kirk said after a trip to China...

• Congressmen demand BP probe

  Post-Tribune, June 5, 2009 Oil refinery draws fire after EPA cites release of benzene in Whiting By Gitte Laasby Nineteen members of Congr...

• Lawmakers want EPA to examine BP pollution

  Crain's Chicago Business, June 4, 2009 by Lorene Yue More than a dozen federal legislators from both sides of the aisle are calling upon the U....

• Kirk Wants EPA To Monitor BP

  Chicago Public Radio, June 4, 2009 by Michael Puente An Illinois congressman is again putting pressure on oil giant BP because of the comp...

• Earmark critics team up for bipartisan bill

  The Hill, May 21, 2009 Earmark critics on both sides of the aisle have teamed up to offer the first bipartisan bill that would deny earmarks to for...

• House rejects blocking funds to Murtha airport

  The Hill, May 21, 2009 The House defeated a GOP amendment Thursday that would have blocked funds to an airport named after Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.)...

• Republicans Rolling Out Health Care Plans Ahead of Democratic Push

  CQ, May 20, 2009 Congressional Republicans have decided to confront Democratic plans to overhaul the health care system with policy proposals of th...

• Rank-and-file are not waiting on leadership in healthcare debate

  The Hill, May 20, 2009 In the absence of draft healthcare reform legislation from the White House or key committees, rank-and-file members of Congr...

• Libertyville firm unveils wind turbine

  Daily Herald, May 2, 2009 Despite earlier concerns from some area residents, a Libertyville company on Friday ceremoniously unveiled a 120-foot win...

• Kirk backs bill on border enforcement

  Daily Herald, April 17, 2009 U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk is pushing Democratic legislation to beef up enforcement at the Mexico border, which he says will ...

• Laurel

  Lake County News-Sun Editorial, April 17, 2009 It's not easy beging green, unless you're U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park. He was named the Gre...

• Heroin deaths prompt bill

  Rep. Mark Kirk (R-10th), of Highland Park, introduced a bill that would make border security grants available to sheriffs within 25 miles of the Mex...

• Israel: Durban II text is getting worse

  Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2009 Israel said that the newest version of the draft text for next week's anti-racism conference released Wednesday in G...

• Stimulus funds to aid OMC plant clean-up

  Lake County News-Sun, April 16, 2009 The Waukegan lakefront clean-up is getting a boost from the federal stimulus package after the U.S. Environmen...

• Mayors: Strength in numbers in tough economy

  Pioneer Press, April 16, 2009 No suburb is an island, especially in hard economic times, elected leaders of almost two dozen north and northwest su...

• Kirk links suburban deaths to Mexican drug trade

  Associated Press, April 16, 2009 CHICAGO - An increase in suburban Chicago heroin overdose deaths is linked to gangs' illegal drug and arms trade w...

• Firearm bill aimed at stopping suburban heroin deaths

  Medill News Service, April 16, 2009 To curb heroin addiction in the North suburbs and elsewhere, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) is backing legislation ...

• Don't reconsider Durban

  JTA, April 13, 2009 Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) are asking Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to "reaffirm" the Obama adm...

• Suspend 'mark-to-market'

  USA Today Op-Ed, April 2, 2009 Our antiquated financial regulatory system helped create the current economic downturn by not evolving to address ne...

• The Red Coats' turn

  Politico, March 25, 2009 Rep. Zach Wamp figures he’s given about 1,700 tours of the Capitol since coming to Congress in 1995, and he’s heard so...

• Pain Iran Can Believe In

  Wall Street Journal Editorial, March 25, 2009 Diplomacy has no chance without tougher energy sanctions. As a general rule, economic sanctions are ...

• Kirk: Treasury Plan To Operate Troubled Financial Institutions Raises Alarrms

  WBBM Radio, March 25, 2009 CHICAGO (WBBM) - Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk has serious questions about a Treasury Department proposal that it be al...

• Staffers Given More Slots for Tours

  Roll Call, March 25, 2009 The Capitol Visitor Center now offers special time slots for staff-led tours, after more than 50 Members of Congress comp...

• Kirk act targets gang-tied illegals

  Lake County News-Sun, March 24, 2009 New legislation that would make it easier to deport illegal residents with gang ties is being proposed by U.S....

• Lake Michigan water levels threatened

  Lake County News-Sun, March 21, 2009 U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park, is airing concerns about declining water levels in the Great Lakes, incl...

• Experts concerned over drops in Lake Michigan water level

  Pioneer Press, March 17, 2009 Experts say two recent studies could point to a worrisome trend concerning Great Lakes' water supply and demand. A 2...

• Scientists concerned about Great Lakes levels

  Associated Press, March 17, 2009 March 17, 2009 (CHICAGO) -- Congressman Mark Kirk says climate change and the growing demand for water could drama...

• Condition on Aid to Egypt Abandoned in 2009 Omnibus

  CQ, March 6, 2009 Congress has reversed course on a policy involving a small amount of money that nonetheless proved to be a major irritant in U.S....

• Top US intelligence pick under fire for Saudi, China ties

  Agence France Presse, March 6, 2009 A veteran US diplomat and vocal Israel critic named to a top intelligence post faced a probe into his financial...

• Fresh push on 'genocide' law threatens ties with Turkey

  Financial Times, March 6, 2009 The US Congress is renewing a push on legislation which Turkey has warned could devastate Washington's ties with one...

• US lawmakers urge tighter Palestinian aid controls

  Agence France Presse, March 5, 2009 WASHINGTON (AFP) — US lawmakers demanded Thursday that the United Nations impose tighter controls on the UN a...

• Expand Freeman probe, say congressmen

  JTA, March 5, 2009 Now that the inspector general for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has said he is investigating Charles "Cha...

• US Lawmakers Renew Effort for More Accountability on UN Aid to Palestinians

  Voice of America, March 5, 2009 A United Nations aid agency came under sharp criticism on Thursday from a bipartisan group of U.S lawmakers who ass...

• Campus Notebook: Norton Joins In

  Roll Call, March 5, 2009 The controversy sparked by the Capitol Visitor Center’s interference with staff-led tours continues to burn fiercely, as...

• New medical facility to serve military, vets

  Lake County News-Sun, March 5, 2009 U.S. Reps. Melissa Bean, D-Barrington and Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park, introduced legislation Wednesday which en...

• Palestinian Aid Expected to Be Approved in Supplemental, Despite Concerns

  CQ, March 4, 2009 New aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip is likely to face criticism from two sides when it comes before Congress this spring: tho...

• CVC Tour Brouhaha Sparks Angry Letter

  Roll Call, March 3, 2009 Tensions between the Capitol Visitor Center “Red Coat” tour guides and Congressional staffers who lead tours from Memb...

• Top House Republicans join call for Freeman probe

  JTA, March 3, 2009 WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Nine Congress members are seeking an investigation into the financial ties between the new National Intellig...

• Congressmen: Probe potential intel chief's Saudi ties

  Haaretz, March 3, 2009 A bipartisan group of American lawmakers is calling for a review of alleged financial ties between the new head of a key int...

• Lawmakers: Visitors center more hindrance than help

  The Hill, March 3, 2009 Several lawmakers said Monday that the newly opened Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) has become an impediment to constituents t...

• House Passes Spending Bill, and Critics Are Quick to Point Out Pork

  New York Times, February 27, 2009 WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a $410 billion omnibus spending bill packed with pet projects reques...

• Kirk bill would increase food testing rules

  Lake County News-Sun, February 24, 2009 On the heels of contaminated peanut butter causing a nationwide salmonella outbreak, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk is...

• Kirk punts Super Bowl resolution

  Politico, February 13, 2009Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) apparently isn’t a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. That, or he just thinks House resolutions are stu...

• Officials unveil Lake County's most-wanted gang members

  Daily Herald, February 10, 2009 Gang members should be prepared to get what they give, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said Monday. As part of rel...

• GOP House leaders visit opium center

  Politico, February 10, 2009 Republican leaders in the House traveled over the weekend to the heart of Afghanistan’s thriving opium trade — an a...

• ATF to release top-10 list of Lake County gang members

  Chicago Tribune, February 9, 2009 A top-10 list of Lake County's most-wanted gang members is scheduled to be released Monday by local officials and...

• Battle gets nasty at critical juncture for U.N. agency aiding Palestinians

  JTA, February 9, 2009 That's what they call each other in polite company. UNRWA, the massive United Nations bureaucracy that administers assistanc...

• Most-wanted list gets an '09 upgrade

  Lake County News-Sun, February 7, 2009 A list detailing Lake County's most-wanted gang members has been so effective in capturing fugitives that au...

• More plans than direction when it comes to campaign finance reform

  Daily Herald, February 3, 2009 With the biggest political scandal in modern Illinois history still riling voters, politicians are suddenly eager to...

• New Legislation Targets "Pay to Play" Politics

  WGN TV, February 2, 2009 CHICAGO -- New legislation is being introduced, aimed at ending "pay to play" politics in Springfield and Washington. Con...

• Kirk says banks that gave bonuses owe taxpayers a refund for bailout money

  Associated Press, February 2, 2009 CHICAGO (AP) - Republican Congressman Mark Kirk wants the government's money back. Kirk told reporters in Chica...

• Blagojevich scandal could be catalyst for reform, lawmakers talk legislation

  Associated Press, February 2, 2009 CHICAGO (AP) - The scandal over ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich has reinvigorated calls for tougher campaign finance...

• How 206 Stimulus Amendments Became 11

  CQ, January 28, 2009 Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., sees the $816 billion economic stimulus bill as an opportunity to freeze lawmakers’ pay. Rep....

• Blagojevich has no golden parachute if impeached

  Daily Herald, January 28, 2009 SPRINGFIELD - When it comes to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's personal finances, the man who once wanted campaign money so b...

• Obama's response to crisis seems Bush-like

  Chicago Sun-Times, January 27, 2009 The nation's economic crisis is so severe that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner asserts "the most prudent...

• Blago makes Afghans feel less corrupt

  Chicago Tribune, January 27, 2009 Rep. Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican, was on C-Span this morning discussing the economic stimulus plan when the...

• Kirk's vote helps Illinois children

  Daily Herald, January 27, 2009 We want to applaud U.S. Representative Mark Kirk for his leadership in reauthorizing the State Children's Health Ins...

• Rep Kirk: Governor has 'gone insane'

  ABC Channel 7, January 25, 2009 January 25, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Governor Rod Blagojevich could be removed from office by the end of the week. S...

• State legislators support blocking stimulus funds from Blagojevich

  Pioneer Press, January 23, 2009 Three Lake County Republican state lawmakers introduced legislation Jan. 23 urging Congress to approve an amendment...

• Stimulus funds blocked from Blagojevich

  Pioneer Press, January 22, 2009 An amendment has been attached to President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package that would keep Illinois Gov. ...

• U.S. House moves to block Rod Blagojevich

  Chicago Tribune, January 22, 2009 In Washington on Wednesday, members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee moved to prevent Gov. Rod Blagojev...

• House panel takes shot at Blagojevich in stimulus

  Reuters, January 21, 2009 The U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee voted on Wednesday to bar Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, char...

• Witnesses to history

  Lake County News-Sun, January 20, 2009 After missing President-elect Barack Obama's rally in Chicago's Grant Park on election night, Evie Hakeem of...

• 198 get inauguration passes

  Lake County News-Sun, January 17, 2009 People tend to put aside partisan politics during historical events. Samantha Lee, a 17-year-old senior at ...

• Kirk wants federal stimulus funds to bypass governor

  Lake County News-Sun, January 15, 2009 Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich should have no access to any federal funds resulting from any econom...

• Uneasy Times for Blagojevich and His Colleagues

  New York Times, January 13, 2009 CHICAGO — In the long, cold month since his arrest on corruption charges, Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has lost to re...

• Kirk moves to keep Gov. from stimulus funds

  Chicago Tribune, January 12, 2009 U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) announced today he plans to introduce legislation that would block potentially billi...

• No Stimulus Money for Blagojevich

  CQ, January 12, 2009 Rep. Mark Steven Kirk wants to make sure impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich doesn’t get his hands on any of the aid to ...

• Rep. Kirk: Strip Blago of Control Over Stimulus Bucks

  The Hill, January 12, 2009 Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) will introduce legislation keeping impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's hands off of any mo...

• Kirk: Europeans awaiting Obama's call

  Chicago Tribune, January 6, 2009 U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), recently returned from a Navy Reserve tour of duty in Afghanistan, said Monday that ...

• Back from Afghanistan, Kirk urges new surge there

  Daily Herald, January 6, 2009 After returning Monday from a three-week tour in Afghanistan as a Naval Reserve officer, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk said mor...

• Under fire in Afghanistan Reservist Kirk returns to the Hill after 'tense' weeks on duty

  Lake County News Sun, January 6, 2009 A three-week tour of duty in the Kandahar region of Afghanistan was among the most harrowing times of U.S. Re...

• Congressional Tour of Duty

  Roll Call, January 6, 2009 While most Members spent the holiday recess safe in the comfort of their home districts, Rep. Mark Kirk traveled to more...

• Kirk completes tour in Afghanistan

  Pioneer Press, January 5, 2009 U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-10th, returned home today after completing a reserve tour of duty in Kandahar, Afghanistan. T...

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