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Indiana Senate Primary Fundraising

April 19, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

WISH-TV’s Jim Shella reported that PACs are outspending the candidates in the Indiana Senate primary race. But consider this: While Richard Lugar has spent close to $2 million dollars on TV ads and Mourdock over $400,000, political action committees have…

Indiana GOP supports taxpayer funds for private highways

March 21, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

Last month, I noted that taxpayer funds from Indiana were being used to hire a lobbyist for a foreign oil company. Now, the Indiana GOP is again supporting redistributing taxpayer money to private, foreign corporations. Last week, the Senate finally…

Dick Lugar threatens to hold national security hostage

February 20, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

Threatening to hold the entire government hostage to his whims has been a go-to strategy for Indiana Congressman Mike Pence. Just a few months ago, Pence threatened to shut own the government over a small percentage of the budget that…

The Indiana GOP’s Vote Fraud Problem

February 6, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

Over the past several years, the Indiana GOP has spent more than $12.2 million taxpayer dollars on voter education and ID cards since passing a restrictive voter ID law in 2006. That cost doesn’t begin to take into account the…

Lugar defends taxpayer-funded lobbying for Keystone XL Pipeline

February 6, 2012 · by Brian · in Politics

Indiana Senator Richard Lugar responded to Representative Henry Waxman’s letter, inquiring into why the state of Indiana was spending taxpayer money to lobby for the Keystone XL Pipeline. Lugar, who has embraced this right-wing cause du jour as he faces…

Lugar: Romney’s nuclear treaty critique “unaware”

July 8, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, who has long focused on nuclear proliferation issues, issued a statement that severely criticized 2012 GOP hopeful Mitt Romney’s recent op-ed opposing the new START treaty. Lugar has been a supporter of the new START treaty,…

Lugar Praises Obama’s Cairo Speech

June 8, 2009 · by Brian · in Politics

A great catch by Ben Armbruster at ThinkProgress: However, during an interview with Bloomberg News this past weekend, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), ranking member of Foreign Relations Committee, broke ranks with his party’s criticism of Obama. Lugar called it an…

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