Lisa Murkowski
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) holds a news conference to propose new campaign finance legislation at the U.S. Capitol April 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Murkowski and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said the new legislation would address the many loopholes created for anonymous political money in the wake of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
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Giving up some privacy for some security has never made Alaskans comfortable
When you think about the initiatives that we have identified as priorities, one of them is how we can consume less, and the RFS allows us to be consuming less when it comes to our oil
I don’t think we should be afraid of our process ... If we have to take some votes on some things we don’t want to take a vote on, that’s the way it is.More quotes »
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Gang of Eight Republicans Join Senate Dems to Kill Border Security Fence
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Treadwell announces campaign for US Senate
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on Tuesday announced plans to seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Mark Begich , saying Alaska would be better served with Republicans in charge. As long as Democrats control the Senate, Tread 2:11 PM from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »
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Schatz: ‘It is long past time for the Native Hawaiian people to regain their right to self-governance’
Sen. Brian Schatz has delivered a major address on the floor of the U.S. Senate on the need for the federal government to treat Native Hawaiians fairly, and apply to them the same federal policy of self-determination available to other Native groups in t from Hawaii 24/7 Read more »
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Alaska delegation suspicious of NSA data collection
Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska OLIVIER DOULIERY — Abaca Press/MCT WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska is cosponsoring a bill that would end secret interpretations of the Patriot Act, which enabled the National Security Agency to collect billions of phone from The News & Observer Read more »
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Alaska bill would give Hmong-American vets burial rights
JUNEAU, Alaska—U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is sponsoring legislation that would allow Hmong-American veterans who served in covert operations in Vietnam to be buried in U.S. national cemeteries. Murkowski testified on behalf of her bill before a Senate hear from TwinCities.com Read more »
