The multi-billion dollar medical device industry in Indiana has been pressuring Congress to pass a permanent repeal of the 2.3 percent excise tax since it went into effect as part of the Affordable Care Act in 2013.

Members of Congress from Indiana were urged to reject a budget that cuts federal health spending, supports deportation and mass incarceration.

The shooting occurred around 7 a.m. in the Del Ray area of Alexandria, just south of Washington, D.C. At least five people were hit with gunfire, including Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.

Congress is expected to vote on the bill this week.

A provision saying Congress "expects" the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release the draft report was included in a budget agreement announced Monday.

The proposal has stalled in committee for the past several years - but advocates for Hoosier vets say it's needed now more than ever.

A federal funding measure approved last year will expire Friday. Without anything to replace it, a partial shutdown of federal agencies will begin Saturday.

Support for the GOP's federal health care reform bill isn't universal among Indiana congressional Republicans.

Federal funding for Zika research is expected to run out by the end of September.

The legislation opens up $181 million for states to fund treatment and education programs and expand access to the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, but it still has to be approved separately when Congress convenes later this fall.