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Lugar calls on Senate to focus on governance
WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Sen. Richard Lugar said Wednesday that the chamber he's served in for 36 years needs to focus on the unique role it can play in good governance and avoid the political posturing and partisanship he's seen in recent years....
Tags: Washington, DC, Richard Lugar, Richard Mourdock, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Republicans, Democrats honor Lugar's Senate work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday honored GOP Sen. Richard Lugar from the Senate floor, praising him for his years of service and calling him one of the chamber's all-time best. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's Republican leader,...
Tags: Dick Durbin, Washington, DC, Richard Lugar, Richard Mourdock, Republican Party
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Donnelly on fiscal cliff: 'If we had a vote tomorrow, we could get this done'
Joe Donnelly was back in the South Bend area Sunday. The 2nd District congressman who won the senate seat currently held by Dick Lugar was visiting the Food Bank of Northern Indiana. We asked him about the pending drama surrounding the so-called "fiscal...
Tags: Richard Lugar, Fiscal Cliff
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FISCAL CLIFF VOTE: How our congressmen voted on new tax deal
While the tax package Congress passed New Year's Day is expected to protect 99% of us from an income tax increase, most of us will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That's because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Government, Washington, DC, National Government, Barack Obama
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Cash-strapped Mourdock blames 'liberal media'
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock is accusing the media of sinking his run for the Senate as he looks to pay down campaign debt. Mourdock campaign finance director Ashlee Walls wrote in an email to supporters Tuesday saying...
Tags: Richard Lugar, Richard Mourdock, Elections, Politics, Democratic Party
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Fiscal cliff: Donnelly says there's reason for optimism
Despite a booming first weekend of holiday sales, the stock market opened on a down note this morning because of a warning from White House economists about the fiscal cliff. The National Economic Council and the Council of Economic Advisers say a...
Tags: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, U.S. Senate, National Economic Council, John Boehner
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Santa has noted these newsmakers
As he does every year at this time, a very reliable source dropped off a list of what some prominent people will find under their Christmas trees. Although this source is in a position to know, I provide my usual warning. He looks kind of suspicious --...
Tags: West Point, American Airlines, Inc., U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Mitch Daniels, Brian Kelly
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Here's my predictions for Tuesday's election. Now share yours
The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday's election is that you might be wrong about key races and thus dent whatever reputation you have for political insight. "I don't know" is always a correct answer. "We'll see. Time will tell. It...Tags: Tammy Duckworth, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Crime, Law and Justice, Colin Powell, Judges
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Why Mourdock matters
Change of SubjectSource: Steve Benen at MaddowBlog As usual, Whet Moser is on point: A Mourdock loss would be significant. The politician Mourdock is trying to replace is Richard Lugar, who represented one of the most guaranteed Republican pickups in the Senate;...... -
Crystal Blog contest, 2012 results
Change of SubjectThe winner of this year’s coveted yet imaginary Crystal Blog trophy for most accurate election forecast is local gay activist, physician and author Carlos T. Mock, who correctly named the winner in all six races in the contest and correctly...... -
Women flex muscle at the polls
Congratulations, ladies. You kept the barbarians from the gate. On Tuesday, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who famously said that a woman's reproductive system shuts down during "legitimate rape" and prevents conception, lost by 15 points to incumbent Sen....Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Tammy Duckworth, Polls, Tea Party Movement, Robert P. Casey, Jr.
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Crystal Blog contest, 2012
Change of SubjectI am now tallying these results and will present an aggregated prediction Monday afternoon, listen to "Mondays With Johnny" at 12:30 on WGN-AM 720 and I may try to slip them in. The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday’s......
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