Republican Senator tells House not to vote on bill she just voted for
Republican Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday that despite voting in favor of the sweeping tax and spending package, she wants the House to return the "One Big Beautiful Bill" to the Senate for further work.
"My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we're not there yet," Murkowski told reporters today.
Murkowski's vote was pivotal in the Senate's razor-thin 51–50 passage of the bill. The Alaska senator had been the focus of intense lobbying by GOP leaders, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to secure her support amid concerns over Medicaid cuts and food assistance reductions. The bill now heads to the House, where its future remains uncertain.
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How does that two faced piece of shit keep getting elected
You ever been to Alaska?
it's so far past hickville that even banjo players paddle faster.
Luisianans like "damn, thankfully I don't live in THAT shit hole.
Not that Louisiana is any better, lol.
At least Alaska has a good excuse (distance. Travel difficulties, etc.)
No, it's basically the same, but in a different climate.
Lived near Juneau and they fucking hated her waffling ass
That's the Alaskan version of Austin TX.
Just like most red states, where there tends to be one or two areas/cities that are very blue.
Yes, and it's a wonderful place, but it's politics are weird.
Oh it's absolutely gorgeous. But the people are so remote, and undereducated and just mostly unaffected by what happens in the lower 48. I'll stop short of calling them stupid because that's just life in extremely remote places. It's a different world.
To drive her point home, as penance, she should immolate herself on the steps of the US House. Until she does that, ignore her like the liar she is.
Is she going to try and pull off the triple lundy of cognitive dissonance? Feign disappointment in the House after they pass something she voted for and explicitly had a hand in the final language of? If this were a swimming competition the GOP would be checking for the gigantic cajones she must have. Always been far more impressed with her over collins (and ol’ mittens) in whatever you call that awful thing they do.
Anyone ask her point blank why she voted for it then?
Someone said she didn't know that they removed the whaling tax exemption she had them add in. But like, she can't be that dumb/unobservant, right?
So she was completely fine with everything else, it’s only because of one small exemption that she thinks people shouldn’t vote for it… riiiight.