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Carveouts for Alaska and tax breaks for whalers: How Lisa Murkowski got to yes on Trump’s agenda bill
How Republicans Got Lisa Murkowski To Vote For The Tax Cut Bill
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans had to make Alaska-friendly changes to their bill cutting taxes and Medicaid in order to win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). The Senate couldn’t have passed the so-called Big Beautiful Bill on Tuesday without Murkowski serving as the 50th vote and Vice President JD Vance providing the tiebreaker.
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'A few battle scars' | How Lisa Murkowski's vote was won on Trump's tax bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) could have chosen to shrink the bill’s debt-ceiling increase to sway Rand Paul (R. Ky.), or adjust the Medicaid provisions to woo Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) and Collins. Instead, he gave more to Alaska—and it worked.
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Around 12 hours later, after she had convinced Senate leaders to change the bill to benefit her state and voted for the legislation, ensuring its passage, Murkowski said the last day had been “probably the most difficult and agonizing legislative 24-hour period that I have encountered.
A local advocacy group gathered more than 2,700 signatures for each proposition within the city clerk's office’s extended deadline. A third to make in-person voting the default again in Juneau’s local elections failed to get enough signatures.
The pivotal yes vote came from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, whose support was secured following negotiated side deals for her home state Alaska
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski toyed with the idea of caucusing with Democrats on Monday, saying it would be based
Moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) said she has “considered” the possibility of switching to the Senate Democratic caucus when asked about it, but she doesn’t see Democrats as being
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