Senator Richard Lugar

Republican  •  Indiana  •  6th Term  •  Sworn In 1977
Current Term 2007 - 2012 View All
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11/19/09
Wife of Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind....

...McLEAN, Va. - The wife of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., has been charged with drunken driving and hit-and-run after police said sh...

11/19/09
U.S. Senate confirms Hoosier nominee

...firm of Barnes & Thornburg, and he served from 1989-1991 as counsel to then-Gov. Evan Bayh. Bayh and Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Rep...

11/19/09
Sen. Lugar's wife charged with hit...

...Lugar, the wife of ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., was arrested last night by the Fairfax County Police Department for driv...

Source: USA Today
11/19/09
Wife of Sen. Lugar charged with DW...

...or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. McLEAN, Va. — The wife of U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind...

11/19/09
Sen. Richard Lugar's Wife Arrested...

...released by Lugar's office. No one was injured. "We are deeply sorry and embarrassed that this accident has occurred," Sen. Lugar sa...

11/19/09
Senate Ends Debate On Hamilton, Co...

...has served as a federal judge for 15 years, enjoys bipartisan backing, receiving strong support from his home state Sen. Richard Lugar...

11/19/09
Florida Sen. LeMieux blasted for b...

New Florida Sen. George LeMieux's first foray into foreign relations has drawn brickbats from former high-ranking State Department offici...

Source: McClatchy
11/19/09
Fantasia Dating Married Man? Alexa...

First: Fantasia Barrino reportedly met Antwaun Cook at a T-mobile store in August. Not too long after, Cook reportedly dumped his wife an...

11/19/09
Sen. Lugar Wife Arrested (Photo) D...

Charlene Lugar, the elderly wife of Sen. Richard Lugar (R) of Indiana, has been arrested and charged in a DWI hit-and-run accident, in wh...

11/18/09
Official: US must not drop ball on...

...Chris Dodd, a Democrat, recently unveiled a rival proposal that would limit the Fed's banking oversight powers. Sen. Richard Lugar of ...

Source: eTaiwan News

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11/19/09
Carbon News and Info > Climate cha...

Non-market measures to limit emissions, like fuel and buildings energy efficiency standards, would be applied to other high-emitting sect...

11/19/09
Geithner: U.S. must not drop ball ...

Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, the senior Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, took issue with the way the administration got C...

11/19/09
Senate confirms controversial judge

...by President Barack Obama. The vote was 59-39, with the sole Republican vote in favor of Judge David Hamilton cast by Sen. Richard Lug...

Source: Beltway Blips
11/19/09
Latin American Herald Tribune - U....

In an op-ed piece in The Miami Herald, Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and ...

11/19/09
ADRIAN'S BLOG: Remove the Ban on i...

"According to U.S. law, every U.S. citizen can travel to any country on earth, whether friends or enemies of the country, with only one e...

11/19/09
Backyard Broadcasting :: WLBC :: M...

Pendleton Community Public Library will have Sen. Richard Lugar as the final distinguished guest of the Indiana Living Biography Series a...

11/19/09
The dark horses are about to saddl...

2) Mitch Daniels - (Gov-IN) won 2nd term in '08 despite the Obawan carrying same state; super-strong fiscal conservative; aide to Richard...

11/19/09
TPMDC Morning Roundup | TPMDC

Vice President Biden will meet in the morning with Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN). At 2 p.m. ET, he will attend a memorial service for Monsign...

11/19/09
Florida Politics

The letter to LeMieux follows a rebuke from Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who...

11/19/09
The Hoosierpundit: Senate Votes to...

The Senate voted 70-29 to allow the nomination to be considered. All Democrats and the two independents who caucus with them voted to end...

Official website: http://lugar.senate.gov/
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306 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4814
Fax: 202-228-0360

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