Brad Ellsworth for Congress

Ellsworth kicks off re-election campaign (7/2/2008)

To a crowd of about 30, Ellsworth began speaking about how he hopes to continue taking Hoosier values to Washington.

Ellsworth open on energy (6/25/2008)

In a wide-ranging interview Tuesday about America's energy crisis, Ellsworth said he is open to proposals for increasing America's oil refining capacity and rejected a Democratic colleague's proposal for publicly owned refineries.

Local Politician Works to Lower Gas Prices (5/15/2008)

The cost of filling up at the pump is one of the biggest concerns for Wabash Valley residents. With gasoline prices climbing to around four dollars a gallon, drivers want the government to do something. A local congressman agrees.

Hoosiers in Congress showed independent streaks in '07 (1/16/2008)

In the House, Reps. Joe Donnelly, Brad Ellsworth and Baron Hill were among the dozen Democrats who crossed party lines the most, according to Congressional Quarterly, an independent publication that tracks congressional votes.

Ellsworth, Hill, Donnelly Back Bolstering Enforcement (11/8/2007)

Reps. Brad Ellsworth (8th CD), Baron Hill (9th CD) and Joe Donnelly (2nd) stood up with several members of the GOP to back legislation that would bolster border security and interior enforcement without providing a path to legalization for the approximately 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the country.

Ellsworth Favors SCHIP Expansion to Extend Care to Children (10/21/2007)

But after the House voted for the expansion, Ellsworth said he and his colleagues had voted to increase from 6 million to 10 million the number of children nationwide who would be provided health care coverage.