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Last week I spent about an hour in the law office of state Rep. Greg Steuerwald, a Republican who wanted to talk about something âunbelievable.â It was HEA 1006, a sprawling police reform bill that passed and was signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb without a single dissenting vote.
The next day, I met with U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz at a Carmel coffee shop, asking this freshman Republican what her first impressions of Congress were. âI didnât have very high expectations from Congress as most American people donât,â Spartz said. âThe reason I am saying that was I thought it was going to be like a high school. I was recently talking to a colleague and I said, ââItâs more like middle school.ââ
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Last week I spent about an hour in the law office of State Rep. Greg Steuerwald, a Republican who wanted to talk about something unbelievable. It was HEA 1006, a sprawling police reform bill that passed and was signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb without a single dissenting vote.
The next day, I met with U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz at a Carmel coffee shop, asking this freshman Republican what her first impressions of Congress were. I didn’t have very high expectations from Congress as most American people don’t, Spartz said. The reason I am saying that was I thought it was going to be like a high school. I was recently talking to a colleague and I said, “It’s more like middle school.”
Updated: 3:48 PM EDT May 13, 2021
DANVILLE, Ind. Last week I spent about an hour in the law office of State Rep. Greg Steuerwald, a Republican who wanted to talk about something unbelievable. It was HEA 1006, a sprawling police reform bill that passed and was signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb without a single dissenting vote.
The next day, I met with U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz at a Carmel coffee shop, asking this freshman Republican what her first impressions of Congress were. I didn t have very high expectations from Congress as most American people don’t, Spartz said. The reason I am saying that was I thought it was going to be like a high school. I was recently talking to a colleague and I said, It s more like middle school.
Holcomb, a Republican, vetoed Senate Bill 5 last week, arguing it would reduce local health departments flexibility and ability to act quickly during an emergency.
The Indiana House voted to override Holcomb s veto by a 59-30 vote, and the Senate voted to override it by a 36-10 vote Monday. In Indiana, where gubernatorial powers are weaker than other states in many ways, only a simple majority is needed to override a veto.
Holcomb argued Indiana is in good spot economically partially due to the quick actions taken during the pandemic at the local level. This veto override, he argued, was a step backward.