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      <excerpt>...&#8211; passed through U.S. House of Representatives Saturday night. Shelton said in Anderson before the House vote that Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., was not expected to vote in favor of the bill once it reaches the Senate. &#8220;He&#8217;s very affable and very ge</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...I urge our Madison County communities&#8217; elected officials, leaders and citizens to communicate to Sen. Evan Bayh and Sen. Richard Lugar that they must protect Indiana jobs and stop the government from taking over an industry that works for millions of </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&#8211; passed through U.S. House of Representatives Saturday night. Shelton said in Anderson before the House vote that Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., was not expected to vote in favor of the bill once it reaches the Senate. &#8220;He&#8217;s very affable and very ge</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Nelson (D-Neb.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) -- have expressed reservations about the nominee. However, Republican Sen. Richard Lugar (Ind.) has pledged to vote for the nominee, who hails from his home state. So far, Obama has made nominations to fill</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...prevention bill,that he says will bring &quot;significant health care savings and better health for Americans.&quot; Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana is the co-sponsor. It's called the Diabetes Prevention Act of 2009 and provides: Grants for diabetes prev</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...throw Americans out of work. In fact, the bill would generate new jobs. By supporting strong action, he and his colleague Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., would not only take a stand for a safer planet, but also for Indiana's place in the clean energy econom</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...conservative lawyer Geoffrey Slaughter, a partner at Taft Stettinius and Hollister LLP in Indianapolis, and Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana. &quot;I have a lot of respect for him as a judge,&quot; Slaughter said in an interview with FoxNews.com. &quot;He's a </excerpt>
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