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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>...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>...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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      <excerpt>...wastewater treatment services. Rogers also had a $500,000 earmark for a Perry County wastewater treatment facility. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., obtained more than $2 million in three earmarks, one of which is $575,000 for The Nature Conservancy to buy 6</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...with George Stephanopoulos: Interview with White House adviser Valerie Jarrett.   C-SPAN's Newsmakers: Interview with Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.   CBS' Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer: Topics: Afdghanistan, health care, the economy, with White House </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Hazel Hannell, the Furnessville artist and conservation advocate who passed away in 2002 at the age of 106.  U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar contributed a large, framed copy of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In addition to fundraising, the event </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...D.C. [Nov 5, 2009] &#8211; Today, U.S. Senators Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) introduced the Diabetes Prevention Act of 2009, which will reduce the number of new diabetes cases in the United States, resulting in significant health care sav</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>To support Sessions and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) who called for a filibuster, back in April &amp;amp; May 2009 we sent nearly 700000 fax petitions to the full Senate against Hamilton, and we successfully persuaded all Republicans to unite against  Hamilton, ea</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In a Senate floor speech delivered yesterday, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) had this to say about alleged Russian cheating: Some skeptics have pointed out that Russia may not be in total compliance with its obligations under START. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Richard Lugar, Chuck Hagel, and even Olympia Snowe don&amp;#39;t scare me. Mike Huckabee, Michelle Bachmann, Dick Armey, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin do. The latter group is aiming to make the extreme mainstream. ...</excerpt>
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