Alternative Headline: Perks Target Murkowski’s Vote
[MM Curator Summary]: Senate Republicans added Alaska-specific benefits to their policy bill to gain support from Senator Lisa Murkowski, a key holdout.
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When Senate Republicans released the latest version of their sprawling domestic policy package in the wee hours of Saturday morning, it contained a number of new provisions that might have seemed out of place — including a measure aimed at helping Alaskan whaling captains.
But the seemingly random items were anything but arbitrary; they appeared to be aimed at winning the support of a critical Republican holdout whose vote could make or break the measure: Senator Lisa Murkowski.
Ms. Murkowski has made no secret of her problems with her party’s bill and the harm she believes it could bring to her state. Chief among her concerns were new work requirements for Medicaid recipients and a provision that would require states to pay for a share of nutrition assistance payments currently paid entirely by the federal government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/politics/republicans-alaska-murkowski-bill.html
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