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Democrats fail to convince GOP to change voucher legislation
By Jesselyn Bickley TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Senate Democrats tried but failed to amend a bill to expand the state’s private school voucher program as majority Republicans beat back their efforts time after time. House Bill 1003 would make more students eligible for the two-year-old program, which uses public money to pay private school tuition for [...]
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Sen. Donnelly announces he now supports same-sex marriage
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly announced on Friday that he now supports “marriage equality for all,” switching a position against same-sex unions that he had reiterated last year when he ran for office. Donnelly becomes one of the last Senate Democrats to announce his support for same-sex marriage. Donnelly said [...]
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Republicans reject Democratic amendments on abortion bill
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Republicans in the Indiana House rejected a proposal Monday that would have required doctors’ offices to meet stricter standards for their buildings and operations if they administer abortion-inducing drugs. The standards would have been the same as those required by Senate Bill 371 for clinics that use RU-486 and [...]
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Video: New Democratic leaders talk about the session so far
Democrats in the House and Senate elected new leaders this year. Here’s what they have to say about their new posts with just a month left in the legislative session.
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Democrats call for Medicaid expansions under federal health care law
By Megan Banta TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – As Indiana lawmakers prepare to debate how they’ll implement the federal health care law, Democratic leaders on Friday called for the state to expand its Medicaid program. Senate Minority Leader Tim Lanane, D-Anderson, said the governors of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois are moving forward with plans to implement [...]
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Democrats push for Medicaid expansion
Tyler Gribbons TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS –– A group of Indiana Democrats say they’ll push the Republican-controlled General Assembly to expand Medicaid to cover as many as 400,000 additional Hoosiers, a move that could bring $20 billion in federal spending to the state through 2020. Congress – when it passed the Affordable Care Act – offered states [...]
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New Indiana lawmakers seek bipartisan tone on Organization Day
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Newly elected lawmakers who gathered Tuesday as part of Organization Day at the Indiana Statehouse pledged cooperation, saying they want to bring a bipartisan approach to a General Assembly where Republicans now have a supermajority in both the House and Senate Voters sent 25 new lawmakers to the Indiana [...]
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House Democrats pick Scott Pelath of Michigan City to take caucus in new direction
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Democrats in the Indiana House – who in this week’s election lost nine seats and the ability to prevent a quorum in the chamber – said Thursday they’re moving forward with a new leader, a new attitude and new energy. The caucus picked Rep. Scott Pelath of Michigan City [...]
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Video: See excerpts from the Democratic rally featuring Bill Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton came to Indianapolis on Friday to rally for Democrats Joe Donnelly and John Gregg, who are running for Senate and governor, respectively. Here are some excerpts and photos from the event: Indiana Democratic rally featuring Bill Clinton – 10-12-2012 from The Statehouse File on Vimeo. You can see our full story [...]
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Bill Clinton rallies Democrats for candidates John Gregg and Joe Donnelly
More coverage… Click here to see our video from the Bill Clinton rally. By Zach Osowski TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Former President Bill Clinton told a cheering crowd Friday at a Democratic rally in Indianapolis that they can’t let Hoosiers elect Republicans who tried to stop the federal government from saving the American auto industry. Speaking [...]
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