Mark Kirk

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 2, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Taking what she called a "politically risky" step, U.S. Sen. Claire…

The area races in the Illinois primary election Tuesday saw the favorites and incumbents winning handily. While unsurprising, Tuesday’s election results…

A group of about a dozen U.S. senators, including Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., are proposing to create a new agency…

UPDATED 2:30 p.m. April 23 with Lynch confirmation - Even if it becomes law, the human trafficking bill the Senate approved Wednesday may be remembered…

After a two-week Easter recess, legislators are back in Washington, D.C.“There’s a lot of trying to paint the other guy as the bad guy. There’s a lot of…

(Updated 1:30 p.m., Wed., Jan. 20 with remarks from U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.)President Barack Obama ended his State of the Union address with a sweeping…

Bipartisanship appeared to be in unusually ample supply on the first day of the new Congress. That’s not to say that Republicans and Democrats agreed on…

The Air Force's top civilian official spent Tuesday morning at Scott Air Force Base with Illinois' political leaders. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk…

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) says he will work to extend production of EA-18 G Growlers at Boeing’s defense facility in north St. Louis County.Kirk, who…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: WASHINGTON -- With the White House stepping up the pressure, conservative lawmakers firing salvos,…