
Biden set for first veto on Senate bill opposing climate-related investing
The Senate passed the measure after Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., crossed party lines and joined the Republicans.
The Senate passed the measure after Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., crossed party lines and joined the Republicans.
The announcement ended speculation that he would jump into the race after sitting Sen. Mike Braun decided to run for governor.
The Indiana U.S. Senate race is almost two years away, and already, an outside D.C.-based group is trying to pick our Republican candidate.
Northeast Indiana Congressman Jim Banks jumped into the 2024 race for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, becoming the first candidate in what is expected to be a crowded Republican field.
Prominent national conservative organization Club for Growth hopes to keep two-term Indiana governor and former Purdue University President Mitch Daniels out of a new race for U.S. Senate with a blistering new ad.
The bipartisan 68-29 vote teed up the measure for debate in the House, which has until the end of Friday to act.
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun has ended months of speculation over whether he planned to run for Indiana governor in 2024 rather than seek a second term in the Senate.
The intensifying Republican dominance of statewide politics and heightened Democrat popularity in Indianapolis raise questions about how or when the opposing party can ever win a statewide or citywide seat.
Young maintained huge fundraising and organization advantages over Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott, who struggled to gain attention from his campaign’s outset.
Democrat Tim McDermott took repeated shots at Young’s position on abortion, medical costs and same-sex marriage, while Sen. Todd Young pointed to his bipartisan record of working with Democrats.
Recent polls showing close races in Republican U.S. Sen. Todd Young’s re-election bid and for Indiana’s open secretary of state seat may have influenced the timing of the ads as Democrats attempt to pull off upsets.
In less than five weeks, voters can let Republicans keep their grip on Indiana’s Senate presence by re-electing Sen. Todd Young, who emphasizes his bipartisan accomplishments, or hand his seat to Tom McDermott, the hard-charging, plainspoken Democratic mayor of Hammond.
The bill would fund the government through Dec. 16, giving negotiators more time to work out their differences and agree on government spending for fiscal 2023.
The agreement would offer money to states to enact and put in place “red flag” laws that make it easier to temporarily take guns from people considered potentially violent, plus funds to bolster school safety and mental health programs.
But they face serious questions whether the $2 trillion initiative can be refashioned to win his crucial vote or the party will be saddled with a devastating defeat.
That stance puts the Indiana senator at odds with many GOP state lawmakers who want to force Indiana businesses to accept broad vaccination exemptions from employees with religious or medical objections.
Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun improperly gave more than $1 million to his 2018 campaign, and received contributions in excess of legal limits, a federal draft audit alleges.
Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., the highest-profile Democrat seeking to challenge Republican Sen. Todd Young’s 2022 reelection campaign, said he smoked marijuana at two recent Grateful Dead concerts in Chicago and pledged to legalize marijuana nationwide.
Young’s campaign said the amount was the largest raised in the third quarter during the off-year of a U.S. Senate campaign by an Indiana candidate.
Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. filed with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday to begin raising money for a Senate race.