*OPINION:
The opinions, views, and snarky commentary expressed in this article are solely those of the author, Brian Baker, and not those of Rob Kendall, WIBC, Emmis, or the Dalai Lama.
Four U.S. House Republicans from Indiana voted in favor of sending $2,000 stimulus checks to Americans Monday evening. Indiana Rep. Jim Banks was not one of them.
The Republican congressman from Indiana’s 3rd District joined WIBC’s Rob Kendall Wednesday morning to explain his decision to vote “no” on a bill that would have provided many Hoosier families with desperately-needed financial relief.
“Where we’re tangled up in Washington is that this [bill] is not about helping people who have been affected by COVID; this is becoming about which party can be on the side of giving the most stimulus checks to people who in many cases don’t need it,” said the Congressman.