The Democratic Senator from Delaware and the Republican from Illinois today joined 48 of their colleagues in support of gay marriage. Here's a breakdown of how they made their voices heard, and the reactions thereafter.
The Illinois Senator, who suffered a stroke in January 2012 and spent the last year learning how to walk again, returned to Capitol Hill Thursday for the convening of the 113th Congress, climbing the steps of the Capitol building for his swearing-in.
Mark Kirk, the junior senator from Illinois, had a stroke over the weekend and is in the hospital recovering after surgery early Monday, his office just announced.
Today in books and literature: Jeffrey Eugenides had a terrific book party, Haruki Murakami doesn't like books about the future, and Stephanie Madoff Mack's memoir arrives today.
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