Joe Donnelly: “when I was working in Indiana last month, there was one thing I heard everywhere I went: Congress should spend less time…”

“when I was working in Indiana last month, there was one thing I heard everywhere I went: Congress should spend less time fighting and more time focusing on creating jobs. We have made significant progress in Indiana since seeing unemployment rates north of 20 percent in some of the counties in our State just a few years ago, but there is a lot of work yet to be done. Too many Hoosiers are still looking jobs. For all of the fighting here in Washington, back home in Indiana everyone is on the same page. They want good-paying jobs so they can take care of their families, send their kids to college, and retire with dignity. That is what Hoosiers want, and most think Congress can do something to help in that regard, even if that something is simply this: Don't make things worse. What, instead, do many of my constituents think they are getting from the legislative branch? George Smeltzer from Nineveh, IN, sent me an e- mail. He said: Enough is enough already! Washington is like a bunch of children playing at recess and all fighting for one toy. Unfortunately, the toy is the American people. I've news for you, most average Americans are not liberal lefts' or conservative rights,' we are somewhere in the middle and we are tired of being smashed around like ping pong balls in a partisan game of ``politics.'' We are at a critical point in our ongoing economic recovery. In the next week this Congress will decide whether to keep the Federal Government open and operating.…”