Senator Mike BraunVerified account

@SenatorBraun

Main Street businessman & Hoosier U.S. Senator for Indiana

Jasper, IN
Joined January 2019

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    Tonight, the Senate voted to overturn President Biden's vaccine mandate for private businesses. This bipartisan vote is a crystal clear message to the : Back off, and stop this crazy federal overreach immediately.

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  2. Take the masks off our toddlers.

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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 16

    . following President Zelensky's address to a joint session of Congress: "United States and NATO military leaders must be reminded to take every precaution to avoid escalations that will result in war with Russia and American soldiers being put in harm’s way.”

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  4. My statement on President Zelensky of Ukraine's address to Congress:

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  5. "At their retreat last week in Philadelphia House Democrats called on Americans to make shared sacrifices to protect democracy. Congress itself, however, got a waiver." Earmarks are back, and worse than ever.

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  6. Exclusive - Sen. Mike Braun: Earmarks in $1.5 Trillion Omnibus BIll 'Opened the Floodgates' of Abuse ⁦

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  7. “The silver lining here, if there is one, is that Indiana Sen. Mike Braun offered an amendment to eliminate these pork projects.”

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  8. Retweeted
    Mar 11

    Today's Menu: $5 billion-$10 billion in earmarks, requires 367 pages to show all the pork “There was more earmark spending on Congress’s pet projects in this bill than there was on humanitarian aid to Ukraine,” told Secrets.

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    . gets it! ICYMI: TPA sent a letter to Senators urging them to oppose increased spending while inflation and the nation’s deficit are at all-time highs.

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    Mar 11

    List: $5-$10 billion in earmarks, requires 367 pages “D.C. got rid of earmarks 10 years ago for good reason, and this spending bill full of them proves that the waters of the swamp are rising again.'

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    $8 BILLION worth of pork barrel projects in the spending bill attached to Ukraine Aid in an effort to hide the earmarks & force them thru… read this 👇👇

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  13. Let’s go Hoosiers!

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  14. I’ll be joining coming up soon to talk about all the dysfunction here in D.C. - lot to talk about.

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  15. Retweeted
    Mar 10

    Last night, House Democrats passed a $1.5 Trillion spending bill that’s now headed to the Senate. says it’s “full of pork” and that “we brought back earmarks.” Watch with and :

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  16. This spending bill is a disgrace: it spends more money on swamp earmarks than it does on humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and while inflation hits record highs D.C.’s answer is to spend another trillion dollars we don’t have. NO, NO, NO.

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    Mar 10

    For the 1st time in over a decade, this ‘budget’ includes 1,000s of member earmarks — wasteful pet projects. alone has 154 earmarks, including $600k for a NYC greenhouse & $3M for Brooklyn museum galleries. Proud to join to fight this reckless spending.

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  18. Congress got rid of earmarks 10 years ago. But now the swamp has brought them back. Tonight 34 of my colleagues joined my amendment to cut the 367 pages and $8 billion of pork barrel pet projects out of this spending bill. We won’t give up!

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    The Left has decidedly stuffed $8 Billion in earmarks to fund radical far-Left wish list items. Thank you for protecting the paychecks of hardworking Americans with your amendment to cut the funding for these pet projects.

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    NOW VOTING: Adoption of Braun amendment #4990 in relation to H.R.2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2022.

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    Mar 10

    Senate NOW voting on the 2nd of 3 GOP amendments to $1.5T omnibus spending package with $13.6B in Ukraine aid included: Braun (R-IN) amdt to defund the earmarks in this package. Simple majority is needed.

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