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JAY WE'LL CHECK BACK WITH YOU A
LITTLE LAETTNER THE NEWSCAST.
NOW BACK TO DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS WHERE ORGANIZATION
WAS HELD FOR LAWMAKERS.
JIM SHELLA IS HERE TO REPORT.
YEAH, JAY, THAT MEANS A LOT
OF ANTICIPATION AND ANXIETY.
THERE ARE SUPERMAJORITIES IN
BOTH THE INDIANA HOUSE AND STATE
SENATE, BUT ON ORGANIZATION DAY
THERE IS ALWAYS TALK OF
BIPARTISAN COOPERATION.
Reporter: THE OATH OF OFFICE
WAS ADMINISTERED IN THE STATE
SENATE AND THEN THE HOUSE, AND
IN THE HOUSE, SOMETHING NEVER
BEFORE ATTEMPTED, INDIANA'S NINE
NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS WERE INVITED, AND EVEN
SHOWED UP.
ON BEHALF OF ALL HOOSIERS, WE
NEED OUR DELEGATION TO BE
PEACEMAKERS.
WE NEED YOU TO FIND COMMON
GROUND WITHOUT SETTING YOUR
PRINCIPLES ASIDE.
Reporter: THREE OF THOSE
STARTED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
INCLUDING THIS WOMAN.
WE HAVE A STORY TO TELL FROM
THE STATE OF INDIANA AND IT'S A
GOOD STORY.
Reporter: THERE WERE
DEMOCRATS IN NEW ROLES.
THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY, I
THINK THAT IS GOING TO TAKE A
LOT OF TIME, HOW WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE THROUGH THE HEALTH CARE
REFORM.
Reporter: AND THERE ARE LOTS
OF NEWCOMERS WHO KNOW HOW TO
PREACH BIPARTISANSHIP.
WE REPRESENT ALL OF THE STATE
OF INDIANA, NOT JUST REPUBLICANS
OR DEMOCRATS.
Reporter: BUT LET'S GO BACK
TO THE SENATE.
WE WILL DEBATE, AND WE SHOULD
DEBATE.
Reporter: THE BOTTOM LINE IS
REPUBLICANS CAN HAVE THEIR WAY,
BUT THEY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WITH POWER COMES RESPONSIBILITY,