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So, did you hear the one about the comedian who spent a whole day on Capitol Hill and told no jokes? Democrat Al Franken arrived in Washington on Monday content to be as mundane in the Senate as he was brazen in his previous job as a Saturday Night Live performer.

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., stands on the front porch of his home in Middlesex, Vt., Thursday, July 2. Video: Capitol HillA A A A Lugar on Obama's mission in Russia July 6: Sen.

Acknowledging that the excitement level in the House far exceeds that in the staid Indiana Senate, the Indiana Democratic Party still completely disregarded the role of the Senate on Tuesday when it sent out a premature news release.

For all the breathless debate over every decision President Barack Obama makes, from picking out a puppy to responding to demonstrations in Iran, one important voice from the Republican side of the aisle has remained clear and calm.

21, 2009, the sweeping changes that have been underway do not include ending the war or the torture of terror war detainees; they do not include exposing Bush administration activities as war crimes or, as in the case of 9/11, treason.

It was nice to see Sen. Richard Lugar at BSU for the groundbreaking of the new geothermal energy project.

Recently, Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar and Evan Bayh courageously joined their colleagues in the U.S. Senate to pass landmark legislation giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate the manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products.

Developments in Iran will keep the White House on watch this week, as President Obama continues to calibrate the administration's responses.

LELAND, Mich. -- Richard O. Ristine, a Republican who served one term as Indiana's lieutenant governor and cast the deciding vote that established the state's sales tax in 1963, has died at age 89.

Despite cutting thousands of jobs in recent years, Eli Lilly and Co. continues to swing a mighty bat in Indiana's economy, including its $1.5 billion annual statewide payroll and billions in purchases, employee spending and taxes.

A ceremony Tuesday evening at St. Mary Catholic Church in Downtown Indianapolis was like many post-graduation celebrations held this month, but this occasion carried an aura of concern.

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A year ago Jessica Reynolds of Bristol didn't expect to find herself on Capitol Hill talking to Indiana congressional staffs about the need for more affordable health insurance for Hoosiers.

President Barack Obama says he does not want to become a scapegoat for Iran's leadership amid that country's postelection upheaval, but Republicans are nevertheless saying the new president is being too cautious.

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said Sunday the U.S. should still talk with Iran about that nation's nuclear ambitions despite postelection turmoil in Tehran.

President Obama may not have the votes in the Senate to pass his call for a sweeping overhaul of the health-care system, a leading Democratic senator said on Sunday.

A Republican senator seeking a bipartisan health care deal spoke Sunday of lowering expectations while one of President Obama's Democratic allies questioned whether the White House had the votes necessary for a such a costly and comprehensive plan during a recession.

Sen. Richard Lugar says Iran's supreme leader has pushed the conflict there toward a "very brutal outcome." The Indiana Republican, 1 of the Senate's most respected voices on foreign affairs, says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has put himself in the center of the postelection uprising.

This could be a long debate, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., could set some kind of record for most speeches on the same subject.

The Boston Globe examines the U.S. strategy towards global health aid. "President George W. Bush scored major advances in his administration's worldwide campaign against AIDS," and "[t]he Obama administration believes it can leverage Bush's successes into an assault against a much broader array of diseases that afflict poor countries," writes the ...