The biggest challenge I have with Washingtonians is they think Illinois is exclusively a Democratic state.

Mark Kirk

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There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicago would be radically different.

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I would say the difference between 'old Mark' and post-stroke Mark ... is that pre-stroke Mark was a major micromanager. I just don't have the time or inclination to micromanage as much as I used to.

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Donald Trump is kind of a riverboat gamble. He won the Illinois primary; in this case, we have seen the Republican vote up and the Democratic vote down, so it looks like it's a net benefit.

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We should all be neo-abolitionists here to make sure that there is no right in America to enslave others using the Internet.

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For those of us who want to accomplish something for the country, we need to come up with a list ... of anti-spending reforms which are locked into place so we are dramatically lowering the appetite of the federal government over the future.

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We need to focus on issues where we all agree, which is spending discipline and control and making sure that government, both in Springfield and in Washington, doesn't take more from your family budget.

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For Tammy Duckworth to blame the junior senator from Illinois for Islamic terror shows that she is a naive fool not fit for office in the Senate.

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I've always backed energy independence policies, but I've heard from people on this issue like no other. The energy interests of Illinois are far broader and deeper than my North Shore district.

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It's okay to take the food out of the mouths of the citizens from a government that's plotting an attack directly on American soil.

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