Local Senator Kirk Statement on the Debt Limit Extension by Gary Kopycinski on February 1, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2013. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) issued the following statement yesterday regarding the Senate’s debt limit vote: