Mark Kirk actually said...

Last month, several former members of Congress cashed in their taxpayer-funded retirement checks from jail. After indictment and conviction beyond a shadow of a doubt, they are still paid each month by the taxpayers they betrayed.

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Mark Kirk discusses the issue of former Congress members receiving pensions despite being convicted of crimes.

06/05/2007

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