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'Agonizing': How Alaska's pivotal Republican senator decided to vote for Donald Trump's bill

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska convinced Senate leaders to change their massive tax and spending cuts package to benefit her state and eventually voted for the legislation, ensuring its pass

Alaska Beacon · 46m

Sullivan, Murkowski vote to pass Senate Republicans’ budget bill, with big health care cuts looming

Sens. Sullivan and Murkowski voted for a bill that would cut federal assistance programs to partially pay for the extension of tax cuts.

HuffPost on MSN · 8h

How Republicans Got Lisa Murkowski To Vote For The Tax Cut Bill

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who voted against the bill, said Republicans could have won his vote by changing a provision related to the government’s legal borrowing limit, but they chose “pork and subsidies for Alaska” instead. Asked about Paul’s comment by NBC News, Murkowski froze and gave a reporter a death stare.

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How Holdout Alaska Senator Shaped Trump’s Megabill

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) could have chosen to shrink the bill’s debt-ceiling increase to sway Rand Paul ...

Anchorage Daily News9h

Murkowski, Sullivan vote for budget reconciliation bill that could cause thousands of Alaskans to lose health benefits

Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators voted Tuesday in favor of a budget reconciliation bill that includes many of President Donald ...

Fairbanks KTVF on MSN8h

US Senate moves toward final vote on big budget bill, with Alaska at the forefront

Provisions that would have shielded the state from some health care and food stamp cuts appear to be on the path to failure.

Mediaite on MSN7h

WATCH: Lisa Murkowski Stares Daggers at Reporter Grilling Her About Voting for Trump Bill in Wildly Awkward Confrontation

Screenshot Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) — who cast the decisive vote in the Senate on Tuesday to pass President Donald Trump ...

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Murkowski laments ‘agonizing’ process to ‘yes’ on GOP tax bill

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) labeled the process that brought her to vote for the GOP’s gargantuan tax and spending package “agonizing” and said she hopes more is done to improve the bill, ...

KTOO1d

Murkowski’s vote uncertain as GOP wrangles support for budget megabill

Republican leaders added special provisions to win over Alaska’s senior senator, but some did not pass muster with the Senate rule-keeper. A final Senate vote could come Monday night.

Juneau Empire on MSN1d

Alaskans call for senators to take ‘hands off Medicaid’

Friday’s demonstration was organized by the Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA) and Protect Our Care, a nationwide ...

Tampa Free Press on MSN7d

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski Says She Has Considered Caucusing With Dems

Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski toyed with the idea of caucusing with Democrats on Monday, saying it would be based on ...

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