Joe Donnelly

Marketplace act a fair shake for local business

2013-05-18 04:40:00

A vote against the Marketplace Fairness Act says doing what's popular is more important than doing what's right. None of us likes to pay taxes, but most of us know they are necessary for our city, county and state to provide the schools, roads and...

EDITORIAL: Foot-in-mouth epidemic

2013-05-08 07:14:02

Haven't the Republicans been here before? Here being making scientifically indefensible and colossally insensitive statements about rape. The latest came in March from Celeste Greig, leader of the conservative faction of the California Republican...

Walorski, Donnelly praise Bowen, mourn his passing

2013-05-06 09:34:00

U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, and U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Jimtown, issued statements late Sunday and today in response to the death of former Indiana Gov. Dr. Otis "Doc" Bowen of Bremen. "Doc was one of the best examples of Hoosier leadership,...

Don't let Donnelly off the hook on gun legislation

2013-05-04 03:03:00

On a day our president called "shameful," the Senate defeated four gun control measures. On the weakest highly compromised Toomey-Manchin measure, expanding background checks, our two senators split their votes; Republican Dan Coats voted no, Democrat Joe...

Amending Constitution no quick fix

2013-05-01 02:20:00

Steven Schaaf (Voice, April 10) thinks that an amendment about gun registration if passed in Congress is a "slam dunk." Sorry, not so. Or was he being sarcastic? Congress can only propose amendments to our Constitution, and only if two-thirds of both...

Donnelly bill addresses suicide in the military

2013-04-30 03:25:00

U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, has introduced his first bill as a member of the Senate. The Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act would establish a pilot program in each of the military services and reserve components to integrate annual...

Donnelly bill addresses suicide in the military

2013-04-29 07:19:00

Stands against the majority opinion

2013-04-28 04:00:00

A statewide poll shows that Joe Donnelly and Dan Coats, Indiana's U.S. senators, took stands opposed by a majority of their Hoosier constituents -- one on gay marriage, the other on background checks for gun purchases. The poll was conducted for Howey...

Veteran aims criticism at Walorski

2013-04-22 04:27:00

Recently, I traveled to Washington, D.C., with the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Legislative Committee, representing 41,000 VFW members from the state of Indiana. We visited every Indiana U.S. Senate and congressional office to discuss issues that...

Local leaders tout I-67 on D.C. trip

2013-04-21 03:44:02

The presidents of Owensboro's chamber of commerce and economic development corporation said their trip to Washington, D.C., to talk to Kentucky and Indiana congressional leaders about the I-67 project and other transportation issues accomplished the...

Gun control advocates rally in South Bend

2013-04-14 02:00:00

SOUTH BEND — About 60 people gathered in the cold, damp air Saturday in front of the Morris Performing Arts Center, urging U.S. senators to move ahead with a bill that would expand background checks for gun sales. Dale Gibson of South Bend held a...

Group pressures Donnelly, Coats on universal background checks on gun buys

2013-04-03 14:13:00

SOUTH BEND – A progressive public policy and research organization on Wednesday called on the state's two U.S. senators, Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Dan Coats, to support "common sense" reforms aimed at curbing gun violence in America,...

South Bend Tribune/JAMES BROSHER U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, shares a laugh with former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, right, on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at Opie's Deli in Plymouth, Ind. Bayh, a former governor and U.S.

2012-12-25 00:00:00

South Bend Tribune/JAMES BROSHER U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, shares a laugh with former U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, right, on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, at Opie's Deli in Plymouth. Bayh, a former governor and U.S.

2012-12-24 00:00:00

U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., speaks during a Solidarity Day event on Monday, April 9, 2012, at Elks Lodge No. 298 in South Bend, Ind. Donnelly is running for Indiana's U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican incumbent Richard Lugar.

2012-11-07 00:00:00