BRIAN HOWEY: Use common sense with guns

For the life of me, I don’t see how expanded background checks for gun purchases is an assault on the 2nd Amendment. Yet that is the phrase we hear over and over from the Indiana congressional delegation.

BRIAN HOWEY: Political gun battle comes to Indiana

Four months after the horrific Newtown massacre and five months after Indiana witnessed a $51 million U.S. Senate race, the political TV ads have returned.

Obama tries to shift blame instead of shouldering it

I would like to applaud U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., for his Feb. 25 column.

GUEST COMMENTARY: A crisis of the president’s own choosing

After a decade of borrowing, spending and bailouts, the federal government has accumulated $16 trillion of debt. We face this problem because Washington spends too much, plain and simple.

Marlin Stutzman

Marlin Stutzman represents Indiana�s 3rd Congressional District.

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: Young, Stutzman restore Hoosier clout on Capitol Hill

The Indiana congressional delegation has been bleeding seniority, a coveted asset in Capitol Hill.

Rokita doubts polls showing Romney losing

INDIANAPOLIS | As the presidential contenders prepare for their first debate tonight, U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Indianapolis, said he doesn't believe the swing-state voter surveys that suggest President Barack Obama is likely to defeat his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.

BRIAN HOWEY: Pro-earmark doesn't mean pro-deficit

A cornerstone to Richard Mourdock's Republican primary challenge to U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar has been his vociferous opposition to congressional earmarks.

BRIAN HOWEY: A first step toward an uncertain future

The Tea Party set the agenda.

BRIAN HOWEY: Congressional theater as the economy teeters

The U.S. housing market continues to tank. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that people have lost an average of 23 percent of their home values in the last nine years.