Mark Kirk

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden, the gaffe-prone Vice President, strayed from tradition Monday at the swearing-in of Republican Mark Kirk, the new senator from Illinois. Biden, who is president of the Senate, began by instructing Kirk: "Please place …

Gaffe-tastic!… Gaffe Made During Mark Kirk’s Swearing-In - Fox Chicago There was a slight mix-up during the swearing in of Republican Senator Mark Kirk. On Monday, Vice President Joe Biden asked Kirk to place his right hand on…

If Republicans are serious about their free-market talk they'll let the expiring Ethanol Subsidies die, I wrote earlier this month. But they're not. WASHINGTON - Saying that Ethanol offers the most effective alternative to Foreign Oil and su…

This is a rush transcript from "On the Record," Nov. 30, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, Fox News HOST: Ladies and gentlemen, the newest member of the United States Senate, Illinois Senator Mark…

Published: Dec. 1, 2010 at 12:29 PM Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) participates in a reenactment of his swearing-in ceremony with Vice President Joe Biden in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on November 29, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch WASHINGTON, Dec. 1…

There was a grim, understated hilarity to the Senate debate over extending Unemployment Benefits yesterday. Republicans piously insisted that any extension of Unemployment benefits, whose cost to the government is both small and temporary, must b…

WASHINGTON--The Senate on Tuesday passed Sen. Dick Durbin's Food Safety bill on a 73-25 roll call. The Illinois senior senator worked on the bill--food safety is one of Durbin's signature issues-- for more than a decade. Freshman Sen. Mark Kirk …

WASHINGTON - New York's senators were racing yesterday to lock up the last supporter needed to pass the 9/11 health bill - even as leaders aimed for a key vote this week. So far, 59 senators are willing to back the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and …