US EditionMurkowski laments ‘agonizing’ process to ‘yes’ on GOP tax bill
- Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, voted on July 1, 2025, to pass President Trump's tax and budget package, which cleared the Senate by a 50-50 tie and Vice President JD Vance's deciding vote.
- Murkowski backed the legislation after obtaining Alaska-focused adjustments, such as more adaptable SNAP benefits, additional financial support for rural hospitals via a $50 billion fund, and the elimination of a levy affecting renewable energy initiatives like solar and wind.
- She criticized the rushed and flawed legislative process, urged sending the bill to a conference committee, and called on the House to continue work to improve the legislation jointly between chambers.
- The bill promotes key Trump initiatives such as prolonging the 2017 tax cuts, boosting funding for the border wall, and modifying Medicaid. However, Democrats caution that it could result in job losses, increase the national debt by $3.3 trillion over ten years, and decrease healthcare coverage.
- Murkowski described her vote as pragmatic to keep negotiations alive and expressed hope that the bill is not the final version as it now returns to the House for further debate.
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Lisa Murkowski, January 2025. Photo: Joshua Sukoff, Creative Commons License 2.0Lisa Murkowski says her decision to vote for the Big Ugly Blowjobs For Billionaires Bill was “agonizing,” and that she really truly hopes that the House will fix all the many things wrong with it, so that those changes will make it necessary for the bill to come back to the Senate for another round of revisions. Murkowski explained to reporters,Did I get everything t…
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