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Dyngus Day

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

The South Bend Tribune has the full report:

Democrats didn’t seem intimidated Monday.

A crowd of hundreds at the West Side Democratic & Civic Club cheered U.S. Reps. Joe Donnelly of Granger and Brad Ellsworth of Evansville for voting in favor of health care reform two weeks ago.

“That kind of courage merits our support, night and day, through November,” Dan Parker, chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party, said to the crowd.

Donnelly, who is running for his third term, and Ellsworth, who is running for Bayh’s Senate seat, said they continue to receive a lot of questions about the new law.

“We have to show people how it affects their lives,” Ellsworth said.

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Indiana firms thank Hoosier Democrats for health care work

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Maureen Groppe writes this morning of the “thank you” notes that are being sent to Hoosier Democrats after they worked tirelessly on behalf of Indiana companies during the health care reform negotiations.

Indiana is also home to sectors of the health industry that tried to shape the legislation.

The state’s makers of medical devices opposed new industry fees, proposed in the Senate version of the bill to help pay the cost of expanding insurance coverage to 32 million people.

Some Indiana lawmakers, and those from other states with makers of medical devices, pushed for changes. The fees were lowered and changed to an excise tax in a package of fixes to the Senate bill.

AdvaMed, the trade association for the industry, thanked Hill, Ellsworth, Donnelly, Sen. Evan Bayh and others “who worked to improve the situation.”

We’ll echo that sentiment: Thank you, Hoosier Democrats!

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Obama To Attend Two Indy Fundraisers

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Exciting news for Indiana Democrats! The Indianapolis Star reports:

President Barack Obama will attend two fundraisers in Indianapolis on May 17, with tickets ranging from $250 a person to $15,000 a couple.

According to an Indiana Democratic Party statement, the first stop will be a Keep Indiana Blue event at 4 p.m. at the Westin, 50 S. Capitol Ave. It will raise money for four of the state’s five Democratic House members: Reps. Andre Carson, Joe Donnelly, Brad Ellsworth and Baron Hill. Tickets are available for $250, $1,000, $2,500 or $5,000.

The second fundraiser, also at the Westin, benefits the Democratic National Committee and is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., according to a Democratic Party source.

Tickets for that event are $15,000 per couple, the source said.

The fundraisers are scheduled on the same day Obama will deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.

For more information, e-mail keepindianablue@gmail.com.

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