Richard Lugar
Connections
Quotes
That’s just a reality. You saw [Sen.] Bob Bennett in Utah lose a primary. [Sen.] Richard Lugar [in Indiana] lose a primary. [Congressman] Mike Castle in Delaware lost a [Senate] primary. That’s what you worry about as a Republican. They’re going to come at you from the far right. I’m sure that’s what Susan Collins is worried about [on gay marriage].More quotes »
Around the web
-
Big Gambling is big cause of state's budget problems
budget crisis. Distressed by the gambling situation in Illinois and nationwide, former U.S. Sens. Paul Simon, D-Ill., and Richard Lugar, R-Ind., sponsored the Congressional bipartisan 1999 U.S. National Gambling Impact Study Commission. As a follow-up to the 9:49 AM from The News-Gazette Read more »
-
Javitz and Case, Senate’s Last Rockefeller Republicans, Unseated In GOP Primaries
Lugar’s primary defeat in Indiana last year was one more addition to one of many moderate-to-liberal Republicans to fall victim over the years to the changing guard within the party. George Norris, who as Nebraska’s Governor and later Senator championed an from The Moderate Voice Read more »
-
Benghazi talking points were edited 12 times, report finds
to terrorism threats leading up to the attack before being released. Sen. James Risch (R-ID), Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) listen to testimony during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from Global Post Read more »
-
More honors for Lugar
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar will receive two more awards this week for his 36-year career on Capitol Hill. The Indiana Republican will receive the Heritage Keepers Award on Tuesday evening at a program at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis. He is the third from The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Read more »
-
Kagan thanks Lugar, cites 'courage' in vote
(AP) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is thanking former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar for voting to put her on the bench. Lugar's votes for Kagan and Justice Sonia Sotomayor (soh-toh-my-YOR') were among issues that sparked tea party outrage and cost him his from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »
