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The Fired Congress

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE In December, more than a dozen senators will come back to Washington and decide how much more tax money to take from Americans, without being accountable to any of them. Some companies have a policy that once someone is fired, they aren’t allowed back on the premises out of fear they might [...]

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Kirk a no-show for Palin event

By: Jessica Taylor Senate candidate Mark Kirk once sought Sarah Palin’s endorsement in his GOP primary, but the congressman won’t be among the attendees when the former Alaska governor headlines an Illinois Republican Party fundraiser next month. The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday Kirk’s campaign said House votes would keep him in Washington for the May [...]

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Kirk Gains GOP Nomination for Illinois Senate Seat

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican Mark Kirk has won a chance to try to take President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat away from Democrats. GOP voters nominated the five-term congressman Tuesday. With 64 percent of precincts reporting, Kirk had 234,277 votes, or 58 percent. Republicans have targeted the seat since then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested [...]

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The Rebirth of the Republican Middle

By: Ramesh Ponnuru Are conservatives leading the Republican Party off a cliff? That’s what a lot of people concluded after conservatives forced the official Republican candidate out of a congressional race in upstate New York for being too liberal. That candidate, Dede Scozzafava, promptly endorsed the Democrat running for the seat — who then won [...]

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