House GOP Approves $36 Billion State Budget, Sending It To Senate Lauren Chapman/IPB News House Republicans approved a new, two-year, $36 billion budget Monday they say boosts education and helps businesses recover from the pandemic. Democrats, however, say the GOP budget fails to adequately lift people up. Rep. Tim Brown (R-Crawfordsville) is his caucus’s budget architect. He touts $378 million new spending for K-12 education (about a third of which will go to private school vouchers), grants for small business recovery, student learning loss, law enforcement and regional economic development. “Indiana is the best state in the Midwest for jobs and people working and that shows in the strength of how we budget in state government,” Brown said.