edited by: Douglas Welch,
Illinois Editor
NORTHBROOK, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk today released the following statement following news that the defense official charged with moving the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Thomson, Illinois – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Policy Phillip Carter – unexpectedly resigned on Friday.
“Last Thursday, members [...]
Republicans may be getting a chance to see how a U.S. Senator Mark Kirk would respond when taking on a tough fight in the US. Yesterday, at a press conference on how many jobs Obama's health care would cost Illinois, Kirk was asked about his position on the Thomson Correctional' [...]
On Monday, U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam and Mark Kirk, along with Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman will discuss a new study commissioned by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) detailing the economic costs of Speaker Pelosi’s 1,990-page, $1.055 trillion, health care bill.
The IPI findings, including:
The bill will cost more [...]Apparently, housing terrorists in Illinois will lead to the Sears Tower being targeted, seriously…
“If your Administration brings Al Qaeda terrorists to Illinois, our state and the Chicago Metropolitan Area will become ground zero for Jihadist terrorist plots, recruitment and radicalization…As home to America’s tallest building, we should not invite [...]
A veritable caravan of terrorist sympathizers trooping across the heartland to visit their al-Qaida brethren imprisoned near the small' [...]
A veritable caravan of terrorist sympathizers trooping across the heartland to visit their al-Qaida brethren imprisoned near the small [...]
Looks like there's a group other than the Republican Senate Caucus that's looking at the U.S. Senate race between major GOP candidates Mark Kirk and Patrick Hughes -- the Senate Conservatives, headed up by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina. In an email, Hughes told supporters [...]
Democrat U.S. Senate candidates welcomed terrorists to be imprisoned in Thomson, Illinois and questioned the war against terrorism in Afghanistan at a Rockford forum this past week, the Bloomington Pantagraph reported Sunday night.
They were especially hard on Republican Mark Kirk for taking a strong stand against imprisoning war criminals within Illinois borders, [...]
How sweet would it be to return Barack Obama's old seat back to the Republican column? Very. Those of us who well remember what Barack Obama did to claw his way into the US Senate just to use it as a springboard to run for President [...]
UPDATE 1x: Congressman Mark Kirk has set up a website: www.noterroristsinIllinois.com to organize an effort in opposition to Dick Durbin and Governor Pat Quinn's Gitmo-in-Illinois plan.
Governor Pat Quinn's plan to cooperate with the Obama Administration to open Illinois' unused Thomson Federal Prison to terrorists now being held in Guatanamo Bay has created' [...]
from the Dold for Congress campaign
Robert Dold, Republican Candidate for Illinois’ 10th Congressional District, continues building momentum in his campaign to replace Congressman Mark Kirk who is running for the U.S. Senate. The New Trier Republican Organization (NTRO) today voted overwhelming to endorse Dold over his six Republican opponents.
“I am [...]
In Wheeling Township's GOP endorsement session Saturday, no candidate in the governor or lieutenant governor or US Senate was endorsed in Matt Murphy and Mark Kirk's districts, confirming that the top of the ticket races are dead heats, anyone's game. One of the state's largest GOP townships did pick Jim Dodge for Comptroller, [...]
by Mark Silva
Rep. Mark Kirk of Illinois, a Republican who hopes to claim the Senate seat that President Barack Obama once held, advances his party's argument against Obama's health-care initiative in a weekly party address today focusing on other alternatives for easing the cost of health care.
"First," [...]
