Posted on 11/09/2010 8:34:06 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
I said it during the primary, Mark Kirk is a 45 percenter. His record in the House pretty much shows that he will only vote with Republicans 45 percent of the time if left to his druthers. True to my worst fears, Kirk seems to be right on track with my predictions. The man hasn't even taken his seat yet and many are assuming he'll support one of the Democrat's favorite issues: the DISCLOSE Act.
The Hill is reporting that Kirk is coming under pressure by the left to vote "yes" on a watered down version of the DISCLOSE Act, ostensibly a campaign finance reform law. The Hill also correctly points out that Kirk has in the past been a proponent of changes in campaign finance rules even as he voted against the Democrat's DISCLOSE Act in the run up to the election.
“I broke with my party early. I think we should continue with further reforms,” Kirk said. “Federal candidates should disclose all of their campaign contributions within 24 hours on the Internet. I hope we can get that done in the next Senate and Congress. Also, for all of these outside groups we don’t want to silence any political voice ... we should have them disclose all of their donors, both from the left and the right.”The DISCLOSE Act is yet another attempt by Democrats to force non-governmental political advocacy organizations to disclose donors names and is meant to discourage contributions to advocacy groups. Naturally, Democrats mean to exempt unions and others of their favorite constituents from these rules. This act is little else but a thinly disguised weapon for Democrats to use against conservative advocacy groups and is a clear attack on the First Amendment...
He will go Democrat because he *IS* a Democrat.
Good catch WTH. I plan to keep his email address at the top of my list, and remind him frequently that the eyes of Illinois are upon him. At least some of them.
It truly was a question of which Democrat was elected.
Why not just post the whole article here at FR? *waits for answer*
Well his opponent in the IL senate race would have voted with Republicans 0% of the time so what the he!! were we supposed to do here in the peoples republic of Illinois?
Since Rep. Kirk is my congressman, I knew that he would usually agree with Democrats. All Illinois voters should have known about this, in March. According to www.vote-smart.org, these are some of Rep. Kirk’s latest interest group ratings: Planned Parenthood, 100%; AFL-CIO, 48%: ACLU, 45%; NAACP, 44%; NEA, B; Americans for Democratic Action, 35%; Gun Owners of America, F-; ACU, 58%.; and John Birch Society, 33%. Each of these ratings is for the latest year that is available, usually 2010 or ’09. None of them is a lifetime rating.
Sad but true, Phil. Sad but true. He’ll need constant pressure to stay close to the GOP.
Now Kirk is going to screw all of us over without KY.
Thanks for posting this, good information.
You are welcome.
this cat needs a watchdog....
“this cat needs a watchdog....”
Let’s hope we all serve that purpose.
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