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Summary

Senator Mark Steven Kirk

Full Name: Mark Steven Kirk
Office: U.S. Senate (IL) - Jr, Republican
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2016
Gender: Male
Family: Divorced
Birth Date: 09/15/1959
Birth Place: Champaign-Urbana, IL
Home City: Highland Park, IL
Religion: Congregationalist

Recent Key Votes

HR 1586 - Aid To States for Medicaid, Teacher Employment, and Other Purposes
Legislation (Nay)

Aug. 10, 2010 - Appropriates $10 billion for the Education Jobs Fund to be allocated to states for the retention, rehiring, or hiring of elementary and secondary education ...

HR 4872 - Health Care Reconciliation Act
Legislation (Nay)

March 25, 2010 - Amends the penalty for individuals who fail to maintain "minimum essential health care coverage" as follows (Sec. 1002): Amends the income exemption from ...

HR 4872 - Health Care Reconciliation Act
Legislation (Nay)

March 21, 2010 - Amends the penalty for individuals who fail to maintain "minimum essential health care coverage" as follows (Sec. 1002): Amends the income exemption from ...

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Recent Public Statements

Letter to the Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary of U.S. Department of Transportation - TIGER Grant Funding

June 18, 2013 - A bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers today united in support of the application for federal Transportation, Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant funding submitted earlier ...

Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Spending Bill

June 18, 2013 - United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Ranking Member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, today voted to approve a Military Construction ...

Letter to his Excellency Mohammed Morsi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt - Sentencing of NGO Workers

June 13, 2013 - In a letter sent to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi today, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jeanne ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2011 National Association for College Admission Counseling Positions 0%
2011 National Education Association Positions 0%
2010 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Positions 0%
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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $15,209,035.91
Total Spent $14,863,453.64
Cash On Hand $425,450.00
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2012
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Mark Kirk refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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View Mark Steven Kirk's Congressional Election 2000 National Political Awareness Test
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Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Webmail
http://www.kirk.senate.gov/?p=contact

Washington, D.C. Website
http://kirk.senate.gov/

Capitol Website - Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/SenatorKirk

Capitol Website - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/SenatorKirk

Capitol Website - Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/SENATORKIRK

Washington, D.C.
524 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2854
Fax: 202-228-4611

District
230 South Dearborn
Suite 3900
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-886-3506
Fax: 312-886-2117

District
607 East Adams
Suite 1520
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: 217-492-5089
Fax: 217-492-5099

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