The group of about 50 protested the Senate health care bill outside of Republican Sen. Todd Young's Indianapolis office.

The Senate bill is similar to the House bill in a few key ways. Hoosier Democrats and Republicans point to the weakened insurance market in Indiana.

The bipartisan legislation, authored by Indiana Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young, cleared the U.S. Senate with a unanimous vote.

Donnelly becomes the third Democrat to back Judge Neil Gorsuch.

The vote, 88-11, on Wednesday all but ensures former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats will be confirmed as the national intelligence director by the Senate.

Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats is the fifth person to hold the post created after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Senate intelligence committee voted 13-2 in favor of Republican former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to replace James Clapper, who retired at the end of the Obama administration.

Mike Pence is not the first vice president to break any Senate tie, though; the right gives vice presidents a rare chance to be in the limelight and cast a consequential vote that makes a difference.

Mark Hurt announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate in 2018 at Shapiro's Deli in Indianapolis.

Todd Young's campaign spent tens of millions of dollars capitalizing on Bayh's abrupt departure from politics.