K000360 1959-09-15 6791 1030 Longworth House Office Building http://www.house.gov/kirk/zipauth.shtml 10 202-225-0837 Mark 'r':4 'il':5 '-10':6 'rep':1 'kirk':3,8,10 'mark':2,7,9 M 400222 Kirk Mark_Steven_Kirk Steven Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10] 2843 N00012539 10017 Republican 202-225-4835 IL Mark Kirk 1.12820512820513 http://www.house.gov/kirk/ 400222 Person republican Tue Nov 17 21:54:20 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Jim Sacia of the state's 89th District accused Republicans in Washington -- including Senate candidate, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill) -- of risking thousands of local jobs in their demagoguery of the detainee issue. "My thinking on this is extremely positive," 'r':31 'ill':32 'jim':12 'job':38 'rep':27 '89th':18 'issu':45 'kirk':29 'mark':28 'post':54 'risk':34 'take':9 'accus':20 'gitmo':10 'idiot':6 'local':37 'posit':52 'r-ill':30 'sacia':13 'senat':25 'state':16 'think':47 'would':4 'candid':26 'extrem':51 'includ':24 'detaine':11,44 'illinoi':1 'district':19 'thousand':35 'huffington':53 'republican':2,21 'washington':23 'demagogueri':41 6721023 true true daylife Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/illinois-republican-we-wo_n_361114.html 400222 Person democrat Tue Nov 17 21:54:21 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is "deeply flawed" as a candidate against Rep. Mark Kirk (R) in next year's Senate race and "his nomination would put Barack Obama's former Senate seat in extreme jeopardy for the Democrats," according to a pollster for 'r':21 'il':2 'put':32 'rep':18 'sen':3 'flaw':13 'kirk':20 'mark':19 'next':23 'post':52 'race':27 'seat':38 'year':24 'alexi':4,9 'nomin':30 'obama':34 'senat':26,37 'state':7 'would':31 'accord':45 'barack':33 'candid':16 'deepli':12 'extrem':40 'former':36 'il-sen':1 'treasur':8 'unelect':6 'democrat':44 'jeopardi':41 'pollster':48 'giannoulia':10 'washington':51 6721024 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=49fbf30f0de02469cd5cc05d5d5cc6c1 400222 Person senate Tue Nov 17 21:54:21 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) leads state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias 40-37 and former Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman 40-30, but hits on the Giannoulias family bank loom large, according to a poll conducted for Hoffman’s Senate campaign and obtained by 'r':12 '40':19,28 '-30':29 '-37':20 'hit':4,31 'ill':13 'bank':36 'hill':53 'kirk':10 'larg':38 'lead':14 'loom':37 'mark':9 'poll':2,42 'alexi':17 'david':26 'r-ill':11 'senat':47 'state':15 'accord':39 'famili':35 'former':22 'obtain':50 'potent':8 'chicago':23 'conduct':43 'general':25 'hoffman':1,27,45 'suggest':3 'treasur':16 'campaign':48 'inspector':24 'giannoulia':6,18,34 6721025 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/68097-hoffman-poll-suggests-hits-on-giannoulias-are-potent 400222 Person democrat Mon Nov 16 21:47:32 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Politico's article “Uncivil War” highlights efforts to target Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist, Illinois Senate candidate Mark Kirk, South Carolina ... 'war':7,13 'brew':8 'kirk':27 'mark':26 'crist':22 'polit':31 'senat':19,24 'south':28 'articl':11 'candid':20,25 'charli':21 'effort':15 'report':32 'target':17 'florida':18 'illinoi':23 'uncivil':6,12 'carolina':29 'democrat':2 'politico':9 'southern':30 'highlight':14 6715286 true true google news Southern Political Report OK http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/storylink_1116_1116.aspx 400222 Person republican Mon Nov 16 21:47:30 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 US Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican from the northern suburbs who hopes to ascend to the Senate next year, bleated, "As home to America's tallest building, ... 'em':4 'us':6 'rep':7 'home':27 'hope':17 'kirk':9 'mark':8 'next':23 'year':24 'bleat':25 'bring':3 'build':32 'gitmo':1 'senat':22 'ascend':19 'prison':2 'suburb':15 'tribun':34 'america':29 'chicago':33 'tallest':31 'northern':14 'republican':11 6715282 true true google news Chicago Tribune OK http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-chapman-gitmo-prisoners-link,0,2097589.storylink 400222 Person legislation Mon Nov 16 21:47:32 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Providence made it 2-0 at the 9:26 mark. Kirk macdonald had the puck halfway up the boards and fed Jordan Knackstedt in the right circle. ... '2':16 '3':6 '5':4 '9':20 'p':2 '-0':17 '26':21 'fed':33 'two':9 'goal':10 'kirk':23 'lift':11 'made':14 'mark':22 'puck':27 'board':31 'bruin':3 'circl':39 'right':38 'shark':5 'jordan':34 'provid':12,13,40 'halfway':28 'journal':41 'p-bruin':1 'lovecchio':7 'macdonald':24 'knackstedt':35 6715285 true true google news Providence Journal OK http://www.projo.com/bostonbruins/content/pbruins_sharks_gamer_11-16-09_D5GFGHJ_v2.46680d1.html 400222 Person congress Mon Nov 16 21:47:31 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Donald Manzullo, Mark Kirk, and Peter Roskam will hold a press conference at 11:30 am ET to oppose any such transfer (despite all the other murderers, ... '11':20 '30':21 'et':23 'go':5 'hold':15 'kirk':10 'mark':9 'first':1 'light':4 'oppos':25 'peter':12 'press':17 'confer':18 'despit':29 'donald':7 'murder':33 'roskam':13 'thought':2 'manzullo':8 'transfer':28 'msnbc.com':34 6715283 true true google news msnbc.com OK http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/11/16/2128507.aspx 400222 Person republican Mon Nov 16 21:47:31 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 They criticized the leading Republican candidate for the Senate, US Rep. Mark Kirk, for saying that housing the suspects in Illinois would make Chicago a ... 'us':15 'ill':1 'rep':16 'say':20 'war':5 'hous':22 'kirk':18 'lead':9 'make':28 'mark':17 'senat':2,14 'would':27 'candid':3,11 'critic':7 'chicago':29 'illinoi':26 'suspect':24 'question':4 'republican':10 'abc7chicago.com':31 6715284 true true google news ABC7Chicago.com OK http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=7120637 400222 Person rep\. Mon Nov 16 21:47:32 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Durbin support opening an IL prison to Gitmo detainees. GOP Rep. Mark Kirk, downplaying his moderate profile in a GOP SEN primary, does not. ... 'il':9 'gop':14,24 'rep':15 'sen':25 'back':1 'blog':31 'kirk':17 'mark':16 'open':7 'futur':4 'gitmo':12 'moder':20 'durbin':5 'nation':29 'prison':10 'profil':21 'detaine':13 'journal':30 'primari':26 'support':6 'downplay':18 6715288 true true google news National Journal (blog) OK http://www.nationaljournal.com/hotline/hl_20091116_8557.php 400222 Person rep\. Mon Nov 16 21:47:30 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... would paint a big bulls-eye on Illinois for terrorists. "We should not invite al-Qaida to make Illinois its No. 1 target," said Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. '1':30 'r':37 'al':23 'big':10 'eye':13 'ill':38 'rep':33 'bull':12 'kirk':35 'make':26 'mark':34 'said':32 'unit':39 'invit':21 'obama':1 'paint':8 'press':40 'qaida':24 'r-ill':36 'would':7 'intern':41 'speech':6 'target':31 'coverag':4 'illinoi':15,27 'satisfi':2 'al-qaida':22 'bulls-ey':11 'terrorist':17 6715281 true true google news United Press International OK http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/11/16/UPI-NewsTrack-TopNews/UPI-94611258390800/ 400222 Person senate Thu Nov 19 21:51:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Mark Kirk News. He's the leading contender to win the U.S. Senate seat current held by Roland Burris. He's quite moderate, from a district near Chicago. He's caught heck from the Chicago media for opposing the transfer of Gitmo ... 'u.s':18 'win':16 'heck':38 'held':22 'kirk':5,8 'lead':13 'mark':4,7 'near':33 'news':6,9 'quit':28 'seat':20 'burri':25 'gitmo':48 'media':42 'moder':29 'oppos':44 'senat':19 'cathol':3,51 'caught':37 'roland':24 'chicago':34,41 'contend':14 'current':21 'illinoi':2,50 'district':32 'southern':1,49 'transfer':46 6738570 false true google blog Southern Illinois Catholic http://soilcatholics.blogspot.com/ OK http://soilcatholics.blogspot.com/2009/11/mark-kirk-news.html 400222 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:44:15 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 “I think they probably ought ot FIRE SOME PEOPLE that are responsible for reporting on the impact of the stimulus program,” said Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL). “And they (the Obama Administration) ought to have a PEER-REVIEWED, ... 'r':36 'il':37 'ot':15 'rep':32 'call':4 'fire':16 'gift':55 'joke':6 'kirk':34 'life':58 'make':8 'mark':33 'peer':48 'r-il':35 'said':31 'etern':57 'jesus':52 'obama':41 'ought':14,43 'peopl':18 'think':11 'christ':53 'gospel':50 'impact':26 'report':23 'review':49 'probabl':13 'program':30 'respons':21 'stimulus':29 'administr':42 'obamamath':1 'peer-review':47 'recovery.gov':3 6735965 false true google blog Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Gift of Eternal Life http://777denny.wordpress.com/ OK http://777denny.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/obamamath-at-recovery-gov-called-a-joke-for-making-up-congressional-districts-even-as-3-million-jobs-are-shed-since-stimulus-passed/ 400222 Person representative Thu Nov 19 21:51:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The legislation was introduced in the House by Representative Christopher Carney of Pennsylvania, who is still actively serving in the U.S. Navy Reserve. It was co-sponsored by Representative Mark Kirk of Illinois. ... 'co':33 'u.s':27 'coin':4,41 'hous':13 'kirk':38 'mark':37 'navi':28 'news':6,43 'serv':24 'activ':23 'honor':3 'medal':1 'still':22 'carney':17 'legisl':8 'repres':15,36 'reserv':29 'collect':5,42 'illinoi':40 'sponsor':34 'introduc':10 'christoph':16 'co-sponsor':32 'pennsylvania':19 6738573 false true google blog Coin Collecting News http://www.coincollectingnews.org/ OK http://www.coincollectingnews.org/medal-of-honor-coins/107189 400222 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:44:14 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 On the other side of the Illinois race, Rep. Mark Kirk's (R-Ill.) primary opponent, Patrick Hughes, telegraphed this week that he will make Kirk's 2007 vote against the Iraq surge a centerpiece of his campaign. ... 'r':21 'ill':22 'rep':16 'top':47 '2007':36 'hugh':26 'iraq':40 'kirk':18,34 'make':3,33 'mark':17 'news':48 'race':15 'side':11 'surg':41 'vote':37 'week':29 'grand':5 'oppon':24 'r-ill':20 'polici':2 'return':6 'foreign':1 'illinoi':14 'patrick':25 'primari':23 'campaign':46 'telegraph':27 'centerpiec':43 'thehill.com':7 6735961 false true google blog Top News http://www.hillnews.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/68525-foreign-policy-makes-its-grand-return 400222 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 21:51:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Just as Fiorina was announcing her bid earlier this month, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) penned a letter seeking Palin's endorsement, and ex-Amb. to Ireland Tom Foley (R) said yesterday he'd "certainly welcome" Palin to campaign for him in CT. .. 'd':45 'r':24,41 'ct':54 'ex':35 'il':25 'amb':36 'bid':16 'met':5 'pen':26 'rep':20 'say':2 'tom':39 'call':9,57 'kirk':22 'mark':21 'r-il':23 'said':42 'seek':29 'foley':40 'month':19 'never':4 'palin':6,30,48 'endors':32 'ex-amb':34 'hotlin':7,55 'letter':28 'welcom':47 'announc':14 'certain':46 'earlier':17 'fiorina':1,12 'ireland':38 'campaign':50 'yesterday':43 6738574 false true google blog Hotline On Call http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/ OK http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2009/11/fiorina_i_haven.php 400222 Person senate Thu Nov 19 21:51:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Hughes is slated for his second meeting with DeMint on Thursday (the two also met in September), and DeMint's Senate Conservative Fund website is currently polling visitors on whom they support in Hughes's primary with Rep. Mark Kirk ... 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'us':6 'rep':14 'u.s':13 'fact':1 'kirk':16 'make':30 'mark':15 'move':25 'check':2 'claim':9 'sever':18 'state':32 'would':29 'critic':10 'includ':11 'member':21 'prison':7,27 'target':40 'chicago':36 'contend':24 'detaine':4 'illinoi':23 'congress':20 'signatur':35 'skyscrap':37 'puppetgov':8,41 'terrorist':39 'guantanamo':3,26 'republican':12 6735967 false true google blog PuppetGov http://blog.puppetgov.com/ OK http://blog.puppetgov.com/2009/11/18/fact-check-guantanamo-detainees-and-us-prisons/ 400222 Person congress Thu Nov 19 10:44:14 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Regarding statements made about his main challenger, Mark Kirk, Hughes was careful to voice his respect for Kirk as a veteran. Hugues did have the following to say about Mark Kirk: That Kirk is first and foremost a politician. ... 'j':9,51 'ace':2 'say':38 'care':22 'hugh':1,20 'hugu':32 'kirk':19,28,41,43 'made':13 'main':16 'mark':18,40 'news':4 'voic':24 'first':45 'guest':5 'nanci':8,50 'radio':6 'appear':7 'follow':36 'regard':11 'respect':26 'thorner':10,52 'veteran':31 'challeng':17 'champion':3 'foremost':47 'statement':12 'politician':49 6735963 false true google blog Nancy J. Thorner http://nancyjthorner.wordpress.com/ OK http://nancyjthorner.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/hughes-aces-champion-news-guest-radio-appearance/ 400222 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:51:20 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Mark Kirk on Great Lakes Gitmo · Phoney Illinois Congressional Districts at Recover... ...we don't hear much from the Awami Party folks o... Charlie Cook, what's so smart about building a bi ... Thomson, Mumbai, and it can't happen in .. 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