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Republican Sen. Lugar to oppose House GOP's $61B spending cuts
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| 03/08/11
| Alexander Bolton -
Posted on 03/08/2011 12:04:36 PM PST by george76
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the most senior member of the Senate Republican Conference, said Tuesday he will oppose the House-passed proposal to make drastic cuts to the federal budget.
He is the first Senate Republican to publicly state his opposition to a plan that Democrats have blasted as “reckless.”
Lugar, who is facing a Tea Party-backed challenge in the 2012 Indiana Republican primary, is taking a political risk. But he and other centrist Republicans have concerns about steep spending cuts that will eliminate funding for some federal programs in mid-year.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: lugar; richardlugar; rino
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:04:38 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
To: george76
He is a goner, for sure. He must know this will cost him his seat.
To: george76
The deficit for last month alone was $223 billion and these a$$holes are quibbling over a token $5 billion a month cut in spending as if it’s the end of the world? Please.
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:06:12 PM PST
by
MeganC
(Soli Deo Gloria)
To: george76
Lugar is dead meat in the 2012 GOP primary. May he be beaten by a double-digit margin.
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:06:43 PM PST
by
DarthVader
(That which supports Barack Hussein Obama must be sterilized and there are NO exceptions!)
To: Clintonfatigued
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she has not yet made a decision on H.R. 1,
The House bill would eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Planned Parenthood
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:06:44 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Kiss his RINO-behind goodbye!
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:07:27 PM PST
by
ReleaseTheHounds
("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
To: george76
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:07:35 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Hu's your daddy)
To: george76
Why doesn’t he just switch parties and get it over with?
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:07:37 PM PST
by
Scanian
To: george76
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:08:02 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Unlike the West, the Islamic world is serious.)
To: george76
2 hours ago I got a call from RNC fundraiser who was arguing with me over the actions of GOP leadership. This is just another example of why I won’t donate to RNC—only supporting CONSERVATIVE candidates.
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:09:20 PM PST
by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
To: george76
This is why I laugh every time the Pubbie establishment says we have to back one of these RINOs “that can win”.
To: george76
“steep spending cuts that will eliminate funding for some federal programs in mid-year”
So am I, eliminate them NOW!
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:09:25 PM PST
by
east1234
(Cut, Kill, Dig and Drill!)
To: george76
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:09:28 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: george76
Thad Cochran will probably vote against it too.
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:10:47 PM PST
by
Sybeck1
(Memo to Mitt Romney: Just go away.............)
To: george76
So Luger wants to provide funding for the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Planned Parenthood?
What is this idiot thinking? We can get along without those for sure.
I’d rather send my money to feed the poor in some other country.
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:11:37 PM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(They don't need to do another 911. They have BHO and the Fleebaggers.)
To: george76
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:11:56 PM PST
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: george76
Did you just hear that? It was Champaign corks being popped at Richard Moudocks campaign headquarters. Lugar is toast in the primary with this outrage.
Mourdock for IN Senator 2012
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:12:03 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: george76
But he and other centrist Republicans have concerns about steep spending cuts that will eliminate funding for some federal programs in mid-year.Eliminating funding for some federal programs in mid-year sounds like a good thing, Mr. Lugar. We cannot start yesterday; we must start now to ratchet back on our out of control spending.
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:13:33 PM PST
by
olezip
To: headstamp 2
Lugar is a d*ck! This Dino needs booting in the primary.
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posted on
03/08/2011 12:14:04 PM PST
by
WMarshal
(Where is the next Sam Adams?)
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