Heather Rogers

[From 2014.] Heather Rogers was a senior staff reporter at Remapping Debate. She had previously written for publications including the New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, and Washington Monthly. Her most recent book (as of 2013) is Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Senator Lugar a moderate? Not by a long shot.

Story Repair | By Heather Rogers
Though major press outlets have been describing Senator Richard Lugar as a “moderate," a review of his record shows that the label lacks factual basis: while not the most conservative Senate Republican, Lugar — who lost last week's GOP primary election — has been deeply and reliably conservative, often stymieing initiatives by Democrats now praising him.
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Senator Lugar a moderate? Not by a long shot.

Story Repair | By Heather Rogers
Though major press outlets have been describing Senator Richard Lugar as a “moderate," a review of his record shows that the label lacks factual basis: while not the most conservative Senate Republican, Lugar — who lost last week's GOP primary election — has been deeply and reliably conservative, often stymieing initiatives by Democrats now praising him.
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