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It's the only way that Democrats can win in Illinois, is to say, 'Oh, Kirk has health problems, he's going to retire.' For Democrats looking at a minority life and seeing that they cannot win in Illinois is so frustrating that they will just assume away any issue. They'll just say to willing reporters, 'I think Kirk is going to retire.'

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There's a new role that I see for myself with the new Republican majority running the Senate. I am now the premiere ambassador for the state from the Republican majority.

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I'm still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy.

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The Spending Control Act. It would recreate President Reagan's grace commission to have a bipartisan commission on how we reduce spending.

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The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.

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The key lesson of the 1930s is that appeasement leads directly to war.

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I'm pretty disappointed in Sony Pictures' decision to pull 'The Interview' under pressure from North Korea.

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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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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: September 15th, 1959

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