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Indiana Senators Promise Bipartisan Efforts

Donnelly Campaign

Sen. Dan Coats, R-Indiana, is back in the majority after the GOP recaptured the Senate. But he says that doesn’t mean his party can relegate Democrats – Coats says, on the contrary, the first priorities of the new session should be bipartisan efforts.

“If we’re going to get the President to sign a bill, it needs to have Democrat names on it,” Coats says.

He says that includes a bill pushing forward the Keystone Pipeline and efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s medical device tax.

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, says he’s spoken with newly-minted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, about working together.

“You bring solid legislation that makes sense for our country, that creates jobs, creates opportunity, lowers the deficit, I’m with you every step of the way,” Donnelly  says.

Donnelly’s first major bill of the session, redefining a full-time work week under the ACA, is cosponsored with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

Brandon Smith is excited to be working for public radio in Indiana. He has previously worked in public radio as a reporter and anchor in mid-Missouri for KBIA Radio out of Columbia. Prior to that, he worked for WSPY Radio in Plano, Illinois as a show host, reporter, producer and anchor. His first job in radio was in another state capitol, in Jefferson City, Missouri, as a reporter for three radio stations around Missouri. Brandon graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2010, with minors in political science and history. He was born and raised in Chicago.
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