Lugar- better than most repubs: Republican Sen. Lugar to oppose House GOP's $61B spending cuts

[cali]

By Alexander Bolton - 03/08/11 01:28 PM ET

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.

Lugar declined to state his reasons for opposing the bill as he entered a weekly lunch meeting with his Republican colleagues in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Room on the second floor of the Capitol.

“I’m opposed to it,” Lugar said.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/148097-republican-sen-lugar-to-oppose-house-gop-spending-cuts

[Indydem]

1. Folded already.

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), who faces a Tea Party-backed challenge in his 2012 primary, has withdrawn his stated opposition to House-passed spending cuts.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Wow

that was fast! :eyes:

[pansypoo53219]

3. there's cutting waste, then

there's cutting the muscle and bone to be cruel.