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Carveouts for Alaska and tax breaks for whalers: How Lisa Murkowski got to yes on Trump’s agenda bill
The fate of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda was in Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s hands — and she used that leverage ...
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 ...
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Lisa Murkowski Admits Trump’s Budget Is Terrible After Voting for It
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Tuesday supplied the deciding vote for Senate Republicans to pass Trump’s ...
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Lisa Murkowski’s Strategy on Trump Budget Bill Is Already Backfiring
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Tuesday supplied the deciding vote for Senate Republicans to pass Trump’s ...
Five takeaways as Senate ships Trump’s megabill to House
Senate Republicans endured a 26-hour slog before finally passing President Trump’s ambitious tax and spending package early Tuesday afternoon, putting it one giant step closer to reaching the ...
Senate Passes Trump’s Megabill After All-Night Session
WASHINGTON—Republicans squeaked President Trump’s tax-and-spending megabill through the Senate on Tuesday, capping a long ...