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Seattle Times
December 9, 2017
SITKA, ALASKA — The other day I dropped the kids off with the baby-sitter, drove to the end of Indian River Road, shouldered the .30-06 Winchester, and headed into the woods. It had snowed the night before, wet clumps of it in the moss. About a mile in I shed a layer, pushing through a bramble of devil's ...
Natural Resources Defense Council
December 9, 2017
Most Americans, including many congressional Republicans, are strongly opposed to oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. ... but crucial bit of language to the Senate tax bill, it must appear to her and her fellow Alaskan public officials as if they're closer than ever to realizing their goal.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 9, 2017
Daily News-Miner editorial, Dec. 10, 1957, headlined “Alaska Progress Under Republicans”: There is matter for reflection for all Alaskans in remarks made at the recently concluded Republican territorial convention by its two principal speakers. Walter J. Hickel, national committeeman, said in part: “In my ...
New York Times
December 8, 2017
On Wednesday night, Senate Republicans announced that Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, Mike Enzi of Wyoming, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, John Cornyn of Texas, John Thune of South Dakota, Rob Portman of Ohio, Tim Scott of South Carolina and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania would sit on the conference ...
KTOO
December 8, 2017
Paul Seaton, Anchorage Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux and Rep. Louise Stutes of Kodiak from running in the party's 2018 primaries. All three representatives joined Democrats and independents last fall to form a bipartisan coalition, taking control of the House away from Republicans. The Republican Party's state ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
December 7, 2017
All three representatives joined Democrats and independents last fall to form a bipartisan coalition, taking control of the House away from Republicans. The Republican Party's state central committee said that violated a party rule about caucusing with other political parties and that the legislators misled ...
Mother Jones
December 6, 2017
First designated a “wildlife range” in 1960 and then later a refuge in 1980, the land is also home to the Native Alaskan Gwich'in tribe, which relies on the ... Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who had crossed party lines to oppose the Obamacare repeal in July and hadn't yet committed to supporting the tax bill.
Washington Examiner
December 4, 2017
REPUBLICANS GET THEIR WISH WITH WHITE HOUSE MEETING ON ETHANOL MANDATE: Trump administration officials will meet with Sen. .... R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, who has introduced legislation to open a portion of the Alaskan refuge to ...
Inverse
December 4, 2017
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a cluster of protected areas in Alaska described by the National Park Service biologist Lowell Sumner as “one of planet ... For years, Alaskan Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has tried to industrialize the protected wilderness, and in the very early hours of Saturday ...
KTUU.com
December 4, 2017
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Alaska Republican Party is set to block three lawmakers from running in next year's Republican primary. A spokesperson for the ... He says they were elected as Republicans but later joined the Democrats to form a majority in the State House. The legal process used by ...
New York Times
December 3, 2017
Senate Republicans — Bob Corker was the only holdout — narrowly passed a sweeping tax bill just before 2 a.m. on Saturday, dismissing an outcry from Democrats who had only hours to review the 479-page document, marked with scribbled amendments that added loopholes. The House and Senate ...
The Hill
December 1, 2017
A dozen House Republicans say they oppose the Senate GOP's proposal to allow oil and natural gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ... The Senate is due to vote Friday on a tax bill that would at least allow drilling rights sales in the refuge in northeast Alaska, and the House is likely to take ...
The Hill
November 5, 2017
The House GOP tax-reform package has put Senate Republicans in a tough spot, much like the House-passed ObamaCare repeal bill did ...
Bradenton Herald
November 4, 2017
Congressional Republicans want to open more of the Gulf of Mexico to drilling. ... The chairwoman is Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. She has ... Alaskans would get a share of the revenue, as they have from drilling in Prudhoe Bay.
GQ Magazine
November 3, 2017
Alaska's Lisa Murkowski, who has been repeatedly attacked by her Republican colleagues for her failure to support repeal-and-replace efforts, ...
The Hill
November 2, 2017
Republicans from Alaska and on the Senate Energy and Natural ... acre refuge for drilling is a key priority for Murkowski and other Alaskans, who say ... called it an effort to “drill and destroy” parts of the Alaskan wilderness.
New York Times
October 27, 2017
Only a few states — Hawaii, Alaska, Minnesota and Oregon — have had their state-innovation waivers approved by federal authorities.
Alaska Dispatch News
October 26, 2017
Tax cut could unite Republicans, but already there are rifts ... of the tax issue for a fractured Republican Party desperate for a legislative victory.
Los Angeles Times
October 25, 2017
To the editor: As a lifelong Alaskan, I oppose drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR. ... Diane Preston, Fairbanks, Alaska.
New York Times
October 20, 2017
The budget's passage could keep Republicans on track to approve a tax package ... But Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska and the ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 20, 2017
Congressional Republicans had big plans for their majority – so far they've ... promises, it's often been the Republican Party itself that has been the culprit. ... Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska have been ...
HuffPost
October 20, 2017
Parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in northeastern Alaska, are ... Alaskan Arctic from oil exploration, flouting attempts from Democrats ...
Washington Examiner
October 18, 2017
Republicans in Congress have long pressed to allow energy exploration in a 1.5 million-acre section of the Alaskan refuge, where billions of ...
Los Angeles Times
October 18, 2017
The last time congressional Republicans mounted a serious push to open the ... The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established in Alaska's ...
KTUU.com
October 12, 2017
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - The State Central Committee of the Alaska Republican Party has overwhelmingly voted to withdraw support for SB-91Â ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 1, 2017
Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski discussed the current state of the Republican Party, President Trump's tweets and why she thinks ...
New York Magazine
September 22, 2017
She touts the “formula twiddles Senate Republicans are considering to ... As Ms. Murkowski knows better than anyone, Alaska lives or dies on ...
Vox
December 31, 1999
But some Alaskan voters and more mainstream Republicans weren't ready to give up. Some thought Murkowski should run on the Libertarian ticket. Other supporters inundated Murkowski's office with calls, a flood of Alaskans pleading and encouraging Murkowski to stage a write-in bid, someone close to ...
PRI
December 31, 1999
And Alaskans backed up this bipartisan vibe at the ballot box. In 2014, they ... 3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down.
Roll Call
December 31, 1999
Senate Energy Gears Up for Alaska Drilling Fight ... Republicans aim to attach the drilling proposal to the tax overhaul effort using reconciliation ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
December 31, 1999
FAIRBANKS—A group of 15 House Republicans, including ... to be on the road system in Alaska to make it more accessible to the public as ...
The Hill
October 4, 2017
Republicans are struggling to come to a consensus on legislation to protect young immigrants who came to the country illegally as minors fromÃÂ ...
Salon
October 4, 2017
Susan Collins or Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski. One thing on which most Republicans seem to agree is a distaste for their party's congressionalÃÂ ...
Alaska Public Radio Network
October 3, 2017
But only a few Alaskans would get the big tax breaks. ... Economist Mouhcine Guettabi at the University of Alaska said the state has a fairly ... Some 70,000 Alaskan property owners use that deduction to lower their federal tax bill. ... Republicans in Congress are expected to spend the next several weeksÃÂ ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
October 2, 2017
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski discussed the current state of the Republican Party, President DonaldÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 2, 2017
Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has weighed in on the current state of the Republican Party and President Donald Trump,ÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
September 25, 2017
Republicans can only afford to lose the support of two GOP senators for ... C. and Bill Cassidy, R-La., Alaska would get 4 percent more fundingÃÂ ...
New York Magazine
September 22, 2017
She touts the “formula twiddles Senate Republicans are considering to ... As Ms. Murkowski knows better than anyone, Alaska lives or dies onÃÂ ...
New York Magazine
September 21, 2017
The Alaska senator is reportedly fielding some extraordinary offers for her vote ... Senate Republicans are trying very hard to get Alaska's seniorÃÂ ...
Bangor Daily News
September 19, 2017
AUGUSTA, Maine — Republicans' latest plan to repeal the ... Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, to pass it on a party line. ... sent by the Maine Republican Party urging supporters to lobby Collins and King to support the repeal bid.
The Ledger
September 19, 2017
Senate Republicans expressed growing hope Monday for a final push to scuttle President Barack Obama's health care law, an effort that stillÃÂ ...
KWIT
September 19, 2017
A group of Senate Republicans is pushing a last-ditch effort on a new ... Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and John McCain ofÃÂ ...
WENY-TV
September 19, 2017
Trump privately tries to mend fences with Senate Republicans ... because she had a commitment in Alaska, but she said the gesture was "very kind." ... And the President has won over some key Republicans by announcingÃÂ ...
Yahoo News
September 19, 2017
Republicans' last-chance Obamacare repeal has a giant money problem ... is the fact that three of the losers from GCHJ are Arizona, Maine, and Alaska. ... Republicans ability to pass the bill under budget reconciliation, whichÃÂ ...
CNN
September 19, 2017
Washington (CNN) Senate Republicans are coming back to Washington Monday night to ... Murkowski said she shared notes with Alaska Gov.
HuffPost
September 19, 2017
The proposal, however, is seemingly less repellent to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), one of the three Senate Republicans who voted againstÃÂ ...
Must Read Alaska (blog)
September 11, 2017
Republicans ask Walker to restore 'Patriot' to Patriot Day ... “The Alaska Republican Party stands for the ideals of diversity and ... September 11, Patriot Day, is about honoring those defending American and Alaskan lives from those of evil ... WHEREAS, sixteen years later, Alaskans continue to mourn thatÃÂ ...
Daily Signal
September 6, 2017
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is one of three Republicans who voted with ... of the Alaska Republican Party, told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. ... So Obamacare has been terrible and Alaskans are very frustrated with that ... Happy we have more time to address Alaskan priorities in the healthcare bill.
Must Read Alaska (blog)
August 29, 2017
Another Alaska small business owner is being forced to pay $32,000 a ... Another Alaskan constituent said that she and her husband used to pay ... explaining our health care form efforts, Republicans in Congress did have aÃÂ ...
The Columbian
August 29, 2017
The bill needed 50 votes to pass but garnered support from only 49 of 52 GOP senators as Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins ofÃÂ ...
