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Senators Todd Young and Mike Braun have announced their committee assignments. Young will serve on Finance, Foreign Relations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation as well as Small Business and Entrepeneurship. He will also serve on Environment and Public Works and the Special Committee on Aging. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and the Republican Party announced record-breaking fundraising this week. Indiana Senate Republicans released their list of legislative priorities this week. They say they want to keep the budget balanced, support more dollars and reforms for DCS, support school funding and safety. Keller is a Fort Wayne native and served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Banks during the 115th Congress. Keller will replace outgoing Chief of Staff Matt Lahr, who is leaving at the end of the week for a new position with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Banks also announced that T.W. Mark Your Calendars January 7 House Republicans unveil their Legislative Agenda - House Chamber - 10:30 a.m. Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Agenda Announcement - Senate Dem Caucus Room - 11:30 a.m. January 8 School Bus safety News Conference - Room 431- (8:30 a.m.) Indiana Forward News Conference on Hate Crimes Legislation Statehouse - 11:30 a.m. January 10 Governor Eric Holcomb’s Office Unveils the 2019-20 state budget.

A contingent of Senate Democratic Conference members want Facebook to voluntarily disclose more about the sources of advertising dollars on the social media platform. The group led by New Jersey’s Robert Menendez, highlights in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg efforts by Russia to use Facebook to spread political messaging to undermine the U.S. electoral process. “More than a year ago, after news reports revealed that Russian agents used Facebook to spread inflammatory posts to over 126 million Facebook users, Facebook promised Congress that it would provide additional disclosures on political ads,” the letter read. “Yet, you continue to take in ad revenue from companies cloaked in secrecy. Although no legal requirement exists mandating that political advertisers on social media platforms file disclosures with the Federal Election Commission, you could take it upon yourself to mirror the laws that exist for radio and television ads.” The senators cited reporting about a group that pushed a concealed carry permit certification program for gun owners, to the tune of $2.5 million. Joining Menendez were Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Tom Udall of New Mexico, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii and Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Such transparency will help ensure open and fair elections, free of dark money or foreign interference,” the senators wrote, stressing a loss in confidence of customers. Also Watch: Google CEO Rejects Claims of Search Bias Against GOP spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreen ??volume mmute ??seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% Get breaking news alerts and more from Roll Call on your iPhone or your Android.

'Democracy is at stake': Anthony Kennedy's exit causes a political earthquake Read more Recent changes to Senate rules mean that a simple majority vote is required for a supreme court nominee to advance. Holding the Democratic caucus together, however, will not be easy. The changes in Senate rules that set up this fight were themselves the product of bare-knuckle politics. Less than 18 months ago, during the confirmation battle over Gorsuch, the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, ended senators’ ability to block supreme court nominees by filibuster. In 1988, Kennedy was confirmed by a 97-0 vote. In 2016, Senate Republicans refused to even hold a vote on Merrick Garland, the moderate nominated by Obama after the death of Antonin Scalia. On the Senate floor on Wednesday, the minority leader, Chuck Schumer, said: “Our Republican colleagues in the Senate should follow the rule they set in 2016, not to consider a supreme court nominee in an election year.” He added: “Senator McConnell would tell anyone who listened [in 2016] that the Senate had the right to advise and consent, and that was every bit as important as the president’s right to nominate. “Anything but that would be the absolute height of hypocrisy.” Anthony Kennedy's replacement: who could fill his supreme court seat? Lee is himself a possible nominee, named on Trump’s list. So they can wish that all they want, but they know that we’re going to confirm whoever President Trump happens to nominate.”