Tea party favorite topples Lugar, Indiana’s 6-term senator

The Washington Times 5/8/2012

Tea-party-backed candidate Richard Mourdock defeated longtime Sen. Richard G. Lugar in the Indiana GOP primary Tuesday, ending the career of one of the chamber’s two senior Republicans and giving Democrats a better chance at capturing the seat in November.

The race was widely seen as a key test of tea party […]

Obama policy reduces Congressional oversight over weapons exports

WorldTribune 5/1/2012

President Barack Obama, in a move that could affect Middle East allies, has trimmed oversight by Congress of weapons exports.

Congressional leaders said the Obama administration has reduced House and Senate oversight over proposed U.S. arms sales.

They said the White House was virtually eliminating the consultation process with Congress before formally proposing […]

Richard Lugar doesn’t live here anymore

Will Rahn The Daily Caller 1/30/2012

Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar is running for re-election in a state he has not lived in for over 30 years.

Lugar sold his home at 3200 Highwoods Court in Indianapolis shortly after first assuming office in 1977. But due to a loophole in Indiana law, both he and […]

Durbin, Lugar Seek Protection of DREAM Act Students

Senatus 4/23/2010

Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Dick Lugar (R-IN) sent a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano yesterday “asking her to halt deportations of immigrant students who could earn legal status under legislation they have introduced called the DREAM Act (S.729),” according to a press release.

The DREAM Act […]

Two U.S. Bills Seek to Lure Immigrant Entrepreneurs

by Jeffrey Mervis Science Insider 2/26/2010

Foreign scientists who want to start a U.S. company would have a better shot at doing so under two bills introduced recently in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The bills, which have received broad support from venture capitalists, would create a new path within U.S. immigration […]

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