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Jon Kyl |
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Republican politician and
lobbyist who served as a United States
Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and
again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of
Arizona's Senate seats at different times,
serving alongside John McCain during his
first stint. Kyl was Senate Minority Whip
from 2007 until 2013. He first joined the
lobbying firm Covington & Burling after
retiring in 2013, then rejoined in 2019. Kyl
did not seek re-election to the Senate in
2012 and retired at the end of his third
term. He expressly ruled out running for
further office except, if offered, the Vice
Presidency. After leaving the Senate in
2013, he worked as an attorney and lobbyist
and then
worked to shepherd the Supreme
Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. In
September 2018, Kyl was appointed by
Governor
Doug Ducey to serve in the Senate
seat left vacant by the death of
John
McCain. At a press conference accepting the
appointment, Kyl stated that he would not
run for the remainder of the term following
the 2020 special election. Kyl is the first
person to return to the Senate via
appointment since New Hampshire Republican
Norris Cotton in 1975. Kyl resigned from the
Senate effective December 31, 2018, and was
succeeded by Martha McSally. |
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The Remarkable Tale Of The Corporate Lobbyist Sworn In As A Temporary U.S. Senator |
Dec. 10, 2018 |
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Former Dark Money Lobbyist Who Guided Kavanaugh Will Provide Critical Confirmation Vote |
"Watchdog groups call on Sen.
Jon Kyl to recuse himself after recent work as a lobbyist for the Judicial Crisis Network and serving as Kavanaugh's 'shepra' through the confirmation process." |
Oct. 6, 2018 |
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John McCain’s Replacement Even Worse On LGBT Issues |
'John McCain may have been a
lovely man, but he was no friend of the LGBT
community. His appointed successor, however, is even
worse. On September 5th, Arizona Gov.
Doug Ducey
appointed former Sen. Jon Kyl to fill McCain’s
Senate seat. Kyl represented Arizona in the US
Senate from 1995 until he retired in 2013. [...] In
2006, McCain was a vocal supporter of an Arizona
state constitutional amendment to bar same-sex
marriage. And in 2010, he opposed repeal of “Don’t
ask, don’t tell.” McCain’s dismal record was
relieved only by his opposition to the federal
marriage amendment in 2004 and 2006, and his vote in
favor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
(ENDA) in 2013. Sad to say, Kyl’s record of
hostility to the LGBT community lacks even that
saving grace. In 1996, Kyl also voted for DOMA. Six
years later, he voted not to add sexual orientation
to the federal definition of hate crimes. In 2004
and 2006, he also voted for a constitutional ban on
same-sex marriage.' |
Sep. 19, 2018 |
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Anti-LGBTI Politician Jon Kyl Chosen To Replace The Late John McCain |
Sep. 5, 2018 |
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The Wildest Things Jon Kyl Actually Tried To Argue For |
"Kyl has been keeping himself
busy since he left the Senate. Among his projects,
he’s been lobbying on behalf of the pharmaceutical
industry, helping Facebook figure out whether it has
a liberal bias, and shepherding Brett Kavanaugh
through his nomination process to the Supreme
Court." |
Sep. 4, 2018 |
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Jon Kyl's Search And Destroy Mission |
"Jon Kyl is different from you
and me. In the days following Hurricane Katrina, the
nation was reeling over the death and destruction in
New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. But Kyl, now
the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, saw opportunity:
According to a voice-mail recording left at the time
by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.),
Kyl and Sessions
were hoping to find a business owner killed in the
storm so they could use that in their campaign to
repeal the estate tax." |
Nov. 22, 2011 |
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Senator Jon Kyl's Lies About Planned Parenthood "Not Intended To Be Factual Statement" |
"As the United States
government creeped closer to shutting down on Friday
because far-right-wing-nuts don't like
abortion, Senator Jon Kyl took to the
Senate floor to give a less-than-"factual statement"
about the amount of abortions performed by Planned
Parenthood, a federally funded organization that's
been known to end a pregnancy or two. "Everybody
goes to clinics, to hospitals, to doctors, and so
on. Some people go to Planned Parenthood. But you
don't have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your
cholesterol or your blood pressure checked. If you
want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and
that's well over 90 percent of what Planned
Parenthood does," the senator crowed. |
Apr. 12, 2011 |
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3 Days After Renouncing Earmarks, Sen. Jon Kyl Sends Home Extra $200 Million |
Nov. 23, 2010 |
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Jon Kyl: Illegals' Kids Shouldn't Be Citizens |
"Screw the Constitution;
Jon
Kyl thinks it's time to stop automatically giving
the children of illegal immigrants born on US soil
citizenship. The Arizona senator yesterday got
behind Lindsey Graham's call to repeal the 14th
Amendment" |
Aug. 2, 2010 |
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Kyl: “I Don’t Need Maternity Care” So Employers Shouldn’t Be Required
To Provide It |
Nov. 25, 2009 |
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Senate Votes To Add Sexual Orientation To Hate Crime Protections |
"Senator
Jon Kyl,
Republican of
Arizona, raised
objections." |
Jul. 17, 2009 |
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Dutch Anti-Muslim Politician Geert Wilders To Screen Fitna Film In Washington |
"Republican Senator
Jon Kyl is hosting a
film screening at
the Capitol building
in Washington for a
the controversial
Right-wing Dutch
politician" |
Feb. 24, 2009 |
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Center
for
Arizona
Policy |
2006 Survey
Questions For
Arizona Candidates |
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Position Sought:
United States Senate |
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Question
6:
Amending the United
States
Constitution
to
define
marriage
as the
union of
one man
and one
woman.. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Support. |
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Question
12:
Adding “sexual orientation”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
antidiscrimination
law. |
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Candidates'
Position:
Oppose. |
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Source |
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Stealth Zealot |
Apr. 13, 2006 |
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