The basic step: Kirk returns :
Today News : Saving the pledge it made last spring, Senator Mark Kirk stood on the Capitol steps on Thursday on the occasion of his return almost a year after suffering a massive stroke.
53-year-old Republican from Illinois was met by two top Democrats: Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Dick Durbin, the senior senator from Illinois.
Using a four-pronged cane, Kirk made a climbing aid Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat who is the best friend of Kirk in the Senate. Hundreds of well-wishers stood and applauded, including more than 60 members of Congress.
Biden, speaking Kirk, when he began his ascent, said: "You have all day, man. It took me seven months to make those steps. "Vice President in 1988, was not in the Senate for a few months because the OFO operations on the brain aneurysm.
Vice President grabbed the top right hand of Kirk and Manchin, left, holding his hand around her waist Kirk to help and guide him along the way.
"Hey guys," Kirk told reporters and photographers.Kirk 's ascent took about 20 minutes as he stopped for a time, giving ample wave or a thumbs-up to admire the legislators. He received a hug and a kiss from one lawmaker, Sen. Kay Hagan, DN.C.
Kirk, wearing glasses, a light blue tie and dark suit and overcoat, conquered every step mainly using his right leg and foot, and his left leg is broken. His left hand was pretty much immobilized.
Several House and Senate members from Illinois were among those who turned out, cheering "Bravo", when Kirk got to the top of the steps on the front doors of the Senate, located on the second floor of the Capitol. One of them was a member of the House of Representatives elected Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Double amputation of the war in Iraq, which called it a "fantastic day" for people with disabilities and for the nation.
"Nice to see you guys," Kirk told reporters as he entered the hallway leading to the Senate. A reporter asked him what it was like to return, and Kirk were the two words. "I feel fine"
Kirk then took his regular table in the Senate, where Biden swore in more than 30 new senators.
Kirk stroke last January 21 forced him to learn to walk. In a video released last May, he said: "I'm coming back, causing my hope to climb 45 steps, that my staff is measured from the parking lot to the front door of the Senate to fight for the people of Illinois."
MP from Highland Park, has served nearly 10 years in the House before he was elected in November 2010 to succeed Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed to fill the term another Democrat, Sen. Barack Obama, the current president.
Kirk, who is up for election in 2016, will continue to undergo rehabilitation while in Washington, where he has a new, handicapped accessible living quarters on Capitol Hill, said spokesman Lance Trover.
Health professionals, who led Kirk three operations and the subsequent recovery from ischemic stroke was to address reporters later today in the Capitol.
Today News : Saving the pledge it made last spring, Senator Mark Kirk stood on the Capitol steps on Thursday on the occasion of his return almost a year after suffering a massive stroke.
53-year-old Republican from Illinois was met by two top Democrats: Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Dick Durbin, the senior senator from Illinois.
Using a four-pronged cane, Kirk made a climbing aid Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin, West Virginia Democrat who is the best friend of Kirk in the Senate. Hundreds of well-wishers stood and applauded, including more than 60 members of Congress.
Biden, speaking Kirk, when he began his ascent, said: "You have all day, man. It took me seven months to make those steps. "Vice President in 1988, was not in the Senate for a few months because the OFO operations on the brain aneurysm.
Vice President grabbed the top right hand of Kirk and Manchin, left, holding his hand around her waist Kirk to help and guide him along the way.
"Hey guys," Kirk told reporters and photographers.Kirk 's ascent took about 20 minutes as he stopped for a time, giving ample wave or a thumbs-up to admire the legislators. He received a hug and a kiss from one lawmaker, Sen. Kay Hagan, DN.C.
Kirk, wearing glasses, a light blue tie and dark suit and overcoat, conquered every step mainly using his right leg and foot, and his left leg is broken. His left hand was pretty much immobilized.
Several House and Senate members from Illinois were among those who turned out, cheering "Bravo", when Kirk got to the top of the steps on the front doors of the Senate, located on the second floor of the Capitol. One of them was a member of the House of Representatives elected Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Double amputation of the war in Iraq, which called it a "fantastic day" for people with disabilities and for the nation.
"Nice to see you guys," Kirk told reporters as he entered the hallway leading to the Senate. A reporter asked him what it was like to return, and Kirk were the two words. "I feel fine"
Kirk then took his regular table in the Senate, where Biden swore in more than 30 new senators.
Kirk stroke last January 21 forced him to learn to walk. In a video released last May, he said: "I'm coming back, causing my hope to climb 45 steps, that my staff is measured from the parking lot to the front door of the Senate to fight for the people of Illinois."
MP from Highland Park, has served nearly 10 years in the House before he was elected in November 2010 to succeed Sen. Roland Burris, who was appointed to fill the term another Democrat, Sen. Barack Obama, the current president.
Kirk, who is up for election in 2016, will continue to undergo rehabilitation while in Washington, where he has a new, handicapped accessible living quarters on Capitol Hill, said spokesman Lance Trover.
Health professionals, who led Kirk three operations and the subsequent recovery from ischemic stroke was to address reporters later today in the Capitol.
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