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

Jasper, IN
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Dec 2021

    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.

    829 replies . 493 retweets 2,758 likes
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  2. Mar 16

    Take the masks off our toddlers.

    262 replies . 68 retweets 402 likes
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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.”

    35 replies . 10 retweets 26 likes
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  4. Mar 16

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

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  5. Mar 15

    "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.

    56 replies . 25 retweets 49 likes
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  6. Mar 11

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

    64 replies . 49 retweets 87 likes
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  7. Mar 11

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

    35 replies . 18 retweets 64 likes
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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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  9. Retweeted
    Mar 11

    . 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.

    Inflation hits a new record and D.C.’s response is to spend more money we don’t have.
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  10. Retweeted
    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.'

    8 replies . 29 retweets 43 likes
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  11. Retweeted
    Mar 10

    Unbelievable.

    Tonight the Senate will vote on my amendment to cut all the $8 billion worth of earmarks out of this spending bill. Earmarks are pet projects that lawmakers stuff into spending bills to spend your money on. Here are some of the earmarks in this bill:
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  12. Retweeted
    Mar 10

    $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 👇👇

    Tonight the Senate will vote on my amendment to cut all the $8 billion worth of earmarks out of this spending bill. Earmarks are pet projects that lawmakers stuff into spending bills to spend your money on. Here are some of the earmarks in this bill:
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  13. Mar 11

    Let’s go Hoosiers!

    20 replies . 9 retweets 62 likes
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  14. Mar 11

    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 :

    The House Dems Pass Their $1.5 Trillion Spending Bill
    Last night, House Democrats passed a $1.5 Trillion spending bill that’s now headed to the Senate. Senator Mike Braun says it’s “full of pork” and that “we brought back earmarks.”
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  16. Mar 10

    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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  17. Retweeted
    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. Mar 10

    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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  19. Retweeted
    Mar 10

    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.

    Tonight the Senate will vote on my amendment to cut all the $8 billion worth of earmarks out of this spending bill. Earmarks are pet projects that lawmakers stuff into spending bills to spend your money on. Here are some of the earmarks in this bill:
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  20. Retweeted
    Mar 10

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

    4 replies . 6 retweets 36 likes
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  21. Retweeted
    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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