Saturday rally: Signs calling for U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, and U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-8th District, to hold a town hall during the next congressional recess were common at a rally Saturday at the Vigo County Courthouse.Tribune-Star/Austen Leake Tribune-Star/Austen LeakeSpeaking up: Bionca Gambill speaks about the importance of communication and community involvement in making one’s political voice heard during Saturday’s event behind the Vigo County Courthouse. Tribune-Star/Austen LeakePicture time: People who attended Saturday’s meet-up with a sign pose for a picture on the plaza behind the Vigo County Courthouse.
Category: Senator Joe Donnelly
Outside groups set tactics to put Trump pick on Supreme Court
Conservative groups are finalizing their strategy for a multimillion-dollar campaign to help get President Trump ‘s Supreme Court nominee confirmed. The Judicial Crisis Network is spearheading the effort with plans to spend $10 million on what the groups have dubbed “the most robust operation in the history of confirmation battles.”
Banks seeks repeal of device tax
Rep. Jim Banks, R-3rd, is leading a group of House freshmen who are urging the permanent repeal of the federal tax on medical devices.
Donnelly won’t support DeVos for educationa
Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly will vote against President Trump’s pick to head the education department, the second Trump cabinet choice the moderate Democrat has said he will oppose. Donnelly won’t support DeVos for education secretary Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly will vote against President Trump’s pick to head the education department, the second Trump cabinet choice the moderate Democrat has said he will oppose.
Senator Donnelly Votes To Confirm National Security Nominees
U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly Friday voted to confirm retired-General James Mattis to be Secretary of Defense and retired-General John Kelly to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Donnelly is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and questioned Mattis about implementing servicemember mental health programs and modernizing our missile defense programs and nuclear deterrent during his nomination hearing last week.
U.S. Banks Gear Up to Fight Dodd-Frank Act’s Volcker Rule
Big U.S. banks are set on getting Congress this year to loosen or eliminate the Volcker rule against using depositors’ funds for speculative bets on the bank’s own account, a test case of whether Wall Street can flex its muscle in Washington again. In interviews over the past several weeks, half a dozen industry lobbyists said they began meeting with legislative staff after the U.S. election in November to discuss matters including a rollback of Volcker, part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform that Congress enacted after the financial crisis and bank bailouts.
Big banks are gearing up to fight the Volcker rule
Big U.S. banks are set on getting Congress this year to loosen or eliminate the Volcker rule against using depositors’ funds for speculative bets on the bank’s own account, a test case of whether Wall Street can flex its muscle in Washington again. In interviews over the past several weeks, half a dozen industry lobbyists said they began meeting with legislative staff after the U.S. election in November to discuss matters including a rollback of Volcker, part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform that Congress enacted after the financial crisis and bank bailouts.