With the partisan exercise behind them, some senators are expressing tepid optimism about a path forward on a health care compromise.

Many lawmakers have reported receiving a deluge of calls from constituents about the Unemployment Insurance Agency's pursuit of overpaid jobless aid.

If all four men are confirmed, two spots on the nine-member board will remain vacant. One remaining nominee for a spot on the TVA board, Lee Beaman, recently went before a Senate committee for a hearing at which he was grilled by Senate Democrats. One week after the hearing, a vote on his nomination was postponed.

Vice President JD Vance has met with Indiana GOP lawmakers several times this year in Indianapolis and in Washington D.C. to push for a mid-decade redraw. Mr. Trump met with Indiana House and Senate leaders in the Oval Office in August and has called state lawmakers about redistricting.

In today’s edition … Trump’s peace agreements are showing serious cracks … We answer a reader question on the compelling Texas Senate primary … but first … As our colleague Patrick Marley in Indianapolis wrote on Thursday,

Another Trump nominee, Alexander C. Van Hook, awaits a Senate vote for a separate federal judgeship in Louisiana. Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain, who was nominated to the federal bench by President Donald Trump in October, has been confirmed by the Senate for a seat on the Eastern District Court in New Orleans.