They faced off in the final scheduled debate for indianas u. S. Senate seat. This is about an hour. We are joined by joe donnelly, mike braun, and lucy brenton. The winner will represent the people of indiana in a sixyear term in washington. I am your moderator, amna nwaz, anchor for pbs newshour. I am honored to be here to serve as your moderator of this important debate. For about the next hour, the candidates will debate a variety of issues, as with the first debate earlier this month. Nearly all the questions came from you, members of the public who submitted questions about what concerns you. Ask a questiono in person. None of the questions or topics have been shared in advance with any candidate. Here are your candidates. Donnelly, thejoe democratic incumbent who is completing his first term. He was elected to the senate in 2012. In the middle is republican mike braun, an auto parts distributor in southwest indiana and a former state representative. Primary inrepublican may. Also
Hill for us. Lauren, where do things stand right now . Reporter this debate just getting underway on the house floor, and you are hearing a powerful rebuke from democrats who are arguing that if any chamber should know the dangers of talking or trying to encourage violence and what can happen, it should be members of the u. S. House of representatives. You heard that point from representative mary gay scanlon, a democrat from the state of pennsylvania, who was arguing, really, remember what happened during the insurrection, remember that talking about violence can always be taken seriously by followers of members of congress. That is what democrats are arguing on the floor today as they debate this resolution and the rule on this resolution to strip paul gosar of his two Committee Assignments as well as censure him. Republicans on the other side of the aisle are talking about how this is unprecedented, how they are arguing this is setting a dangerous future for the house of representat
u.s. history, putting forth more than 300 billion dollars for climate clean energy investment, including a methane reduction program, which rewards farmers and ranchers for reducing methane emissions. environmental justice block grants, a climate bank provision to make investments in clean energy technology, and energy efficiency. an extension of the electric vehicle tax credit. guaranteed wage rates for clean energy jobs, in four billion dollars for drought funding, one of several items of the democratic arizona senator kirsten sinema negotiated into the bill in order to end her hold out for. it on drug pricing, the inflation production act gives medicare the power to negotiate some prices with drug companies for the first time, with the goal of lowering prescription drug costs for seniors. however, a provision would ve kept the price increase for prescription drugs in the commercial market, but penalizing companies, was blocked by the senate parliamentarian. she said it cou
this sunday, the sun is in our 11th of vote-a-rama as democrats push to pass legislation that will just climate and taxes. if, pass the inflation reduction act would be the largest common act in u.s. history. it also lower the cost of prescription drugs for millions of americans. this potential win for democrats, and addition to the politics of abortion, could result in a boost for them at the polls in the november midterm elections. meanwhile, trump backed candidate swept the arizona primaries, which means election deniers are now at the top of the ballot in at least four of the six battleground states that determine the winner of the 2020 presidential election. all eyes are now turned to tuesdays wisconsin primaries, as you can government ella barnes is set to be the first black major party nominee from the badger state. and you will be taking on republican senator ron johnson joining me now, charlie sites, msnbc contributor and editor at law at the bulwark, plus proud
also on the ballot today, reproductive rights in kansas. a referendum there would strip women of their rights to choose unless enough people vote no. and we all know speaker nancy pelosi is a bad ass. she arrived in taiwan today even though china is furious about the trip. plus, trevor reed the former marine who spent three years behind bars in russia and is now speaking out for the release of brittney griner and paul whelan. he joins me right here tonight. we begin with a huge night of primaries in some key battleground states. voters in five states are casting their ballots setting up critical showdowns for this november, and the stakes could not be higher. the choices voters make could very well determine whether or not this country remains a democracy, and that claim is not made hyperbolically. we saw how our democracy was pushed to the brink in 2020 with the twice-impeached former president pushing the lie that the election he lost was rigged. of course it wasn t, an