BRIAN HOWEY: Congressional ideology doesn’t put pork on grill

On New Year's Day, Indiana's four freshman members of the U.S. House voted against the so-called fiscal cliff deal. If the deal hadn't passed — and it did by a 257 to 167 margin — most middle class families would have seen their taxes go up somewhere in the $2,000- to $3,000-a-year range.

BRIAN HOWEY: Positives, negatives of campaign 2012

On Election Day, as I headed to my office to watch the returns, I stopped to pick up some Chinese carryout.

BRIAN HOWEY: Mourdock's words poised to defeat him

In the press filing room at Indiana University Southeast, the U.S. Senate debate was heading into the 45-minute mark, the candidates had been asked about abortion, and Republican nominee Richard Mourdock was speaking. In my estimation, he was winning this debate, pushing Democrat Joe Donnell…

BRIAN HOWEY: Brooks, Walorski take aim at GOP glass ceiling

Susan Brooks’ 5th Congressional District campaign conducted internal polling in mid-April and the news was disheartening. She trailed the front-runner, former U.S. Rep. David McIntosh, by 20 points. Twenty points?

Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly running for U.S. Senate

INDIANAPOLIS | Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly announced Monday he is running to replace Republican Dick Lugar in the U.S. Senate.

Clock is ticking on Ind. redistricting

INDIANAPOLIS | Besides crafting the state's 2012-13 budget, the other "must do" for state lawmakers this year is supposed to be redrawing legislative district boundaries.

DOUG ROSS: New political season already has begun

After Election Day, the voters are elated. They can resume their normal lives. Negative campaign ads soon will be replaced by cheerful holiday shopping ads. For politicians, though, the game continues.

Dems promote Libertarians to dilute votes

The ads for U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., in the 2nd District have been fascinating.

EDITORIAL: We endorse Visclosky, Donnelly

The U.S. House of Representatives is the focus of the nation's attention as the balance of power could shift to Republicans and put a major roadblock in front of the Obama administration's agenda. Two of those races involve Northwest Indiana.

Jackie Walorski stands for what she claims to stand for

It does my heart good to hear about when the politically correct things are the right things such as supporting our troops and being fiscally responsible. Sometimes the right thing to do isn't what the party calls for but what the constituency calls for, and far too often our elected represe…

ANDREA NEAL: Voters face barrage of pre-election mud

On the eve of the 1800 election, a letter by Alexander Hamilton accusing John Adams of character defects and declaring him "unfit" for the presidency was leaked to Adams' rivals. In no time, the words went viral. Consider it one of the first examples of negative campaigning.