Uncategorized Mark Kirk tries to pull a fast one on the budget by Michael O'Brien 04/01/09 10:57 AM CDT Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) played an awfully tongue-in-cheek April Fool’s Day joke on his Twitter page Wedneday. He tweeted: Congress just passed a balanced budget…April Fools! Follow this blog’s RSS feed here! Follow me on Twitter here!