Mark Kirk actually said...

Last month, several former members of Congress cashed in their taxpayer-funded retirement checks from jail. After indictment and conviction ...

Well, because members of Congress have pensions, and they're worried about what would happen if they were ever charged with a crime.

Including all of the felonies you would expect: bribery and -- and various items of public corruption, to make sure that a lawmaker, who is ...

I think it's essential that we deny a pension to any member of Congress convicted of a felony.