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Mark (Mark) Steven Kirk (R)
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Capitol: 202.224.2854
FAX: 202.228.4260
District: 618.997.2402
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Senator
Room 524 HSOB- Hart Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE
Washington, DC 20510-1308
Residence: Highland Park, IL
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| Elected: 2010 Next Election: 2016 | | DOB: 9/15/1959 |
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| RM Member | Senate Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance | | RM Member | Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veteran Affairs and Related Agencies | | FC Member | Midwest High Speed Rail Congressional Caucus | | Co-Chair | Global AIDS Emergency Task Force | | Co-Chair | Senate Veterans Jobs Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Special Operations Forces Caucus | | Co-Chair | Congressional Sugar Reform Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Glaucoma Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs | | Member | Senate Special Committee on Aging | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development | | FC Member | Bicameral Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging | | FC Member | Senate Diabetes Caucus | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment | | Member | Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies | | Member | Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | | FC Member | Congressional Silk Road Caucus | | FC Member | Senate Law Enforcement Caucus | | Member | Senate Committee on Appropriations | | Member | Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | | Co-Chair | Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus | | FC Member | Senate General Aviation Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Boating Caucus | | Co-Chair | Great Lakes Task Force | | FC Member | International Conservation Caucus (ICC) | | FC Member | Congressional TRIO Caucus | | FC Member | Congressional Internet Caucus | | FC Member | Coalition for Autism Research and Education (CARE) | | FC Member | Congressional Vision Caucus | | FC Member | USO Congressional Caucus |
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BioA Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Champaign, Champaign County, Ill., September 15, 1959; B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1981; M.S., London School of Economics, London, England, 1982; J.D., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1992; United States Naval Reserves, 1989 to present; lawyer, private practice; staff member for United States Representative John Porter of Illinois, 1984-1990; special assistant, United States Department of State, 1992-1993; staff member for United States House of Representatives International Relations Committee, 1995; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 2001, until his resignation on November 29, 2010; was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in the November 2, 2010, special election to the term ending January 3, 2011, a seat previously held by appointed Senator Roland Burris, and at the same time elected in the general election for the six-year term ending January 3, 2017; took the oath of office on November 29, 2010.
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