Indiana Senator Todd Young About The Government Shutdown

 This post almost did not get written.

I received Senator Young's press release days ago. It is partisan, banal, even soulless. Did such a piece of self-serving flummery deserve any attention for all it annoyed me? I finally decided to do this post to assuage my bad-temper and for not much else.

President Trump cut off 600,000 Hoosiers from SNAP. I do not know which is worse - Trump starting citizens as political blackmail, or that over a half -million Hoosiers rely on food stamps. 

Trump the great businessman and dealmaker did nothing to end the shutdown other than thunder and rage.

The Congressional Republicans and Trump rescissions had already shown they could not be trusted to hold to spending agreements: Congress rescinds $9 billion meant for foreign aid, NPR and PBS (NPR) and Trump Attempts Pocket Rescission to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid  (American Enterprise Institute).

Blame it all on the Democrats, not on Republican concern for the common good being untrustworthy.

Read Senator Young's concerns for children. I have put the link at the end of his press release. He mentions nothing about making sure Indiana children can eat.

But mostly it struck how mediocre a Senator this state has in Todd Young. He is not Dick Lugar.

Government Shutdown is Over

On Monday night, I voted for a bill to end the federal government shutdown. The bill passed the Senate, and my colleagues in the House passed the bill on Wednesday night, allowing President Trump to sign it into law. The bill includes a continuing resolution to reopen the federal government until January 30, 2026, along with full-year appropriations bill for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and the Legislative Branch. The temporary stopgap will allow Congress to continue working toward full-year bills for the remaining federal agencies.

I have said over and over again that Hoosiers didn’t send me to Congress to shut down the government. Over the past six weeks, I voted 15 times for a clean bill that would fund and reopen the government, but Senate Democrats blocked the first 14 attempts. I am frustrated that the shutdown dragged on as long as it did and negatively affected our country in so many ways. I am grateful for all of the dedicated federal workers, such as our service members and air traffic controllers, who continued to work throughout the shutdown.

It’s time to get back to work on all of the important issues facing our country. Read more here.

Protecting Young Hoosiers (Senator Young)

Can Indiana not do better for itself?

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