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Line 1: − {{Officeholder − |name=Jon Kyl − |image=Jonkylpic.jpg − |party=[[Republican]] − |spouse=Caryll L. Collins − |religion=[[Presbyterian]] − |offices= − {{Officeholder/senator − |state=Arizona − |terms=January 4, 1995 - January 3, 2013 − |preceded=Dennis DeConcini − |former=y − |succeeded=[[Jeff Flake]] − }} − {{Officeholder/representative − |state=Arizona − |district=4th − |terms=January 5, 1987 – January 3, 1995 − |preceded=Eldon D. Rudd − |former=y − |succeeded=John Shadegg − }} − }} − '''Jon Kyl''', born April 25, 1942 (age {{age|1942|4|25}}), is a former United States Senator from [[Arizona]]. At the time of his retirement from the Senate in 2012, Kyl served as Senate Minority [[Republican]] Whip. In 2008, National Journal ranked Kyl the most [[conservative]] U.S. Senator.<ref>http://www.nationaljournal.com/2008voteratings</ref> − ==United States Senate== − − Kyl co-sponsored legislation that would give illegal immigrants up to five years to leave the country.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190550,00.html</ref> − − In February 2006, Kyl joined Senator [[Lindsey Graham]] in filing an [[amicus brief]] in the ''Hamdan v. Rumsfeld'' case, which appears to have been an attempt to mislead the [[Supreme Court]] by presenting an “extensive colloquy” added to the Congressional record but not actually spoken live in the December 21, 2005 debate as evidence that "Congress was aware" that the [[Detainee Treatment Act]] would strip the Supreme Court of jurisdiction to hear "pending cases, including this case" brought by the Guantanamo detainees.<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2138750</ref> − − Kyl appeared in the U.S. national news near the end of his 2006 campaign as an example of a case where some bloggers were attempting to influence search engine results for searches on Kyl's name.<ref>http://news.com.com/2102-1028_3-6129719.html?tag=st.util.print</ref> − − ==References== − <References/> − − ==External links== − *[http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://kyl.senate.gov/ Official Senate Website] − *[http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/300062_jon_kyl OpenCongress] − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyl, Jon}} − − [[Category:Former United States Senators]] − [[Category:Republican Party]] − [[Category:110th United States Congress]] − [[Category:111th United States Congress]] − [[Category:112th United States Congress]] − [[Category:Former United States Representatives]] − [[Category:Arizona]]
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