Braun skips key shutdown spending package vote

The gubernatorial candidate’s absence came following a previously scheduled political fundraiser.

Indiana gubernatorial candidate Sen. Mike Braun attended a Zionsville political fundraiser scheduled hours before the shutdown spending package vote in Washington, D.C., according to an invitation obtained by IMPORTANTVILLE.

The $1.2 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown passed 74-24, with only Braun and Florida Sen. Rick Scott missing th…