US Represenative Pete Visclosky welcomes everyone to his Balance the Budget event at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville Monday night. Visclosky with the Concord Coalition presented an exercise to cut the federal budget. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Area residents work their way through cuts to the federal budget during a balance the budget put on by US Represenative Pete Visckosky with the Concord Coalition at the Radission Hotel in Merrillville.. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Phil Smith of the Concord Coalition gives an overview of federal spending before breaking the room up into teams to balance the federal budget Monday evening at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Area residents work their way through cuts to the federal budget during a balance the budget put on by US Represenative Pete Visckosky with the Concord Coalition at the Radission Hotel in Merrillville.. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
US Represenative Pete Visclosky listens in as a group makes their way through budget cuts Monday evening at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Phil Smith of the Concord Coalition gives an overview of federal spending before breaking the room up into teams to balance the federal budget Monday evening at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
US Represenative Pete Visclosky listens in as a group makes their way through budget cuts Monday evening at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
MERRILLVILLE — The challenge was seemingly simple: Identify a combination spending cuts and tax increases that balance the federal budget. But for more than 100 Northwest Indiana residents gathered Monday night at the Radisson Hotel, the decisions were never easy. Discussions were civil yet passionate … Read More
