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| Illinois SOS Won't Seat Senator Kirk In Time For Most Lame Duck Session |
| 2010-11-08 |
| Illinois Republican Mark Kirk won't be seated in the U.S. Senate in time for the start of the lame duck session of Congress this month - unlike two other newly elected The session begins Nov. 15. But state officials say the paperwork officially declaring Kirk the winner of the Senate race won't be delivered until Nov. 29. Because? Ohhhh...lessee. What party runs the Secretary of State in Illinois? Democrat Jesse White That should still allow Kirk to participate in two weeks of the session in December. He argued strongly during the campaign that voters needed to send him to the Senate quickly so he could help block spending and tax increases. And the Dem Machine can't certify Kirk, because he's White, Republican, and embarrassed the machine by winning Zero's old seat. Two Democrats are expected to be sworn in at the start of the lame duck session. Chris Coons of Delaware will fill the remainder of Vice President Joe Biden's term, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia replaces the late Robert Byrd. That's how THEY play the game. Without shame. Time to play it their way too. Redistricting by the majority of state legislatures, captured by the Republican sweep. Do it smartly and crush the democrats |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #5 --As an aside, wasn't this one of seven Repub congressmen that voted FOR the 'Cap and Trade' bill when it passed the House last year ?? |
| Posted by: Tom--Pa 2010-11-08 20:37 |
| #4 I saw a big yellow campaign sign on Fairfax Parkway Sunday. It read "Firefighters for... so and so political candidate" can't remember the name. Highly objectionable regardless of the party. We PAY the firefighter's wages to FIGHT FIRES, not campaign for their favorite pols. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-11-08 19:39 |
| #3 "...against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same..." We don't pick our enemies, they declare themselves. It's well past time to start restoring our nation to the Constitution. If that means totally destroying the Democratic Party and all its constituent parts (especially PUBLIC UNIONS), then so be it. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-11-08 16:16 |
| #2 Have to stop thinking of these people as the loyal opposition. They are the enemy. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2010-11-08 11:03 |
| #1 And the Dem Machine can't certify Kirk, because he's White, Republican, and embarrassed the machine by winning Zero's old seat. This kinda' sorta' says it all. |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2010-11-08 10:55 |