enhanced_deficit
03-26-2016, 07:41 AM
Great bi-partisan spirit to get things done, money factor probably just a co-incidence:
Mark Kirk Is AIPAC’s Million Dollar Baby
May 25, 2011
MJ Rosenberg (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg) Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House members for 20 years
Mark Kirk, the House member from Chicago who is now the GOP Senate nominee, is the #1 recipient of pro-Israel PAC money in the entire House. (http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=Q05&recipdetail=M&sortorder=U&cycle=All) In fact, of the top 10 recipients from both Houses, he is the only House member.
Why do the PACs love him?
It is because Kirk is a pure Israel-firster.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/mark-kirk-is-aipacs-milli_b_448192.html
http://www.msnbc.com/sites/msnbc/files/styles/ratio--3-2--830x553/public/ap_1603041906465300.jpg?itok=Wp3SgrnO
In this June 9, 2014 file photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk R-Ill., speaks during an interview at his office in Chicago.
Photo by M. Spencer Green/AP
Mark Kirk will be the first Republican senator to meet with nominee Merrick Garland
03/25/16 06:12 PM
Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk broke against his party and is set to become the first Republican senator to meet with Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, on Tuesday, his office confirmed with MSNBC on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/mark-kirk-will-be-the-first-republican-senator-meet-nominee-merrick-garland
Mark Kirk Is AIPAC’s Million Dollar Baby
May 25, 2011
MJ Rosenberg (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg) Worked on Capitol Hill for Democratic Senators and House members for 20 years
Mark Kirk, the House member from Chicago who is now the GOP Senate nominee, is the #1 recipient of pro-Israel PAC money in the entire House. (http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=Q05&recipdetail=M&sortorder=U&cycle=All) In fact, of the top 10 recipients from both Houses, he is the only House member.
Why do the PACs love him?
It is because Kirk is a pure Israel-firster.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/mark-kirk-is-aipacs-milli_b_448192.html
http://www.msnbc.com/sites/msnbc/files/styles/ratio--3-2--830x553/public/ap_1603041906465300.jpg?itok=Wp3SgrnO
In this June 9, 2014 file photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk R-Ill., speaks during an interview at his office in Chicago.
Photo by M. Spencer Green/AP
Mark Kirk will be the first Republican senator to meet with nominee Merrick Garland
03/25/16 06:12 PM
Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk broke against his party and is set to become the first Republican senator to meet with Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, on Tuesday, his office confirmed with MSNBC on Friday.
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/mark-kirk-will-be-the-first-republican-senator-meet-nominee-merrick-garland