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Article: Will conservatives trust Kirk on cap-and-trade?(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2009
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Byline: Christopher Wills Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD u Senate candidate Mark KirkAEs changing positions on a "cap-and-trade" environmental bill are inspiring angry boos from some fellow Republicans and accusations of flip-flopping from Democrats.
Democrats on Friday challenged Kirk, whoAEs in his fifth term as 10th District congressman, to explain why he now opposes a measure that he said three months ago was good for national security.
"It appears that he wants to win an election and heAEs willing to do that, even if it means we have to keep fighting over foreign oil," said Jill Morgenthaler, IllinoisAE former director of homeland security ...