Indiana Pros And Cons

The first article is titled “It’s Official: You can now buy alcohol at stores on Sunday in Indiana” by Tony Cook and Robert King. It was published on IndyStar through Stateline.org. This article took place in Indiana on Wednesday February 28 when Governor Eric Holcomb singed the bill into law in the State office, making it official. This law allows the purchase of alcohol in all types of stores from noon to 8 p.m. This law is a big step for Indiana since the ban of alcohol became in effect in the 1816 and after the Prohibition that happened in the 1930’s. With much support from this bill it wasn’t hard to pass and had the support of many members of both house and senate. Although there were many supporters there is always people who are against

This article is on Washington Post through Real Clear Politics. Banking regulations have been very strict since the crisis and the Republicans are prepared to vote for less regulations. With the vote coming up the Republicans have the votes they need due to some Democrats giving them the votes. This bill the senate has come up with will exempt specific financial companies with particular assets won’t be under the higher levels of strictness from the Federal Reserve. The bill that the Senate is trying to derail is the Dodd-Frank legislation. Many are against the new bill because it would result in dangerous investing and lending that lead to the economy to its 2008 crisis. Many Democrats also this that Dodd-Frank is the kind of law that this economy needs to keep large financial companies on a leash and restricting them from making the same mistakes that resulted in the downfall of 2008. However, many supported to derail Dodd-Frank think it had many of the small town midsized banks under due to the Federal Reserve treating them like the bigshot banks when they obviously weren’t. These banks claimed that they were put under too much supervisory and are angered by legislation punishing them for Wall Street’s mistakes. A big supporter of the less regulation bill is Senator Jon Tester a Democrat from Montana. He is apart of the Banking Committee and wants the bill to pass in favor of the less strict regulations. Many other Democrats in the Banking Committee claim that he is a very moderate leaning on a lot of issues politically. Many other democrats however are in favor of the less stricter regulations and feel that it will help the economy and smaller banks out dramatically. The article shows that the Republicans will have the support they need for this bill to become law and with the Democrats helping. The article also lets