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Sen. Mark Kirk fund-raiser Wednesday

By Sun-Times Wire

Hat tip to HuffPost Hill a must-read afternoon news and politics sheet for this item on Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) Wednesday fund-raiser on Capitol Hill. Ryan Grim, Sam Stein and Christina Wilkie report…

12 p.m.: “Style-conscious, eco-friendly boutique” hotels are not the first place we’d look for a GOP fundraising lunch, but we’re not Mark Kirk at the Hotel George. [15 E St, NW]

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