https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/republicans-got-murkowski-yes-trumps-215200359.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Massive pork for Alaska. Where’s the tea party!? <\/p>\n
“Murkowski..was able to extract key concessions for her state…She won victories on clean energy tax credits, delaying changes to food aid for her state and the promise of massive revenues from oil and gas drilling leases, among other priorities she can take back home.
\nIn the end, she voted for a bill that makes up the core of her party\u2019s domestic agenda.<\/p>\n
\u201cI held my head up and made sure that the people of Alaska are not forgotten in this, but I think that there is more that needs to be done, and I’m not done,\u201d Murkowski told reporters immediately after the vote. \u201cI am going to take a nap, though.\u201d<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
she ultimately voted for a bill she just minutes later decried as \u201crushed\u201d and \u201cimperfect.\u201d<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
What Murkowski was wrangling for was pretty basic: How to blunt the impact of the bill on her state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I tried to do was to ensure that my colleagues understood what that means when you live in an area where there are no jobs, it is not a cash economy,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cAnd so I needed help, and I worked to get that every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
Bowhead whaling boat captains recognized by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission will be able to deduct more for whale-hunting-related expenses, up to $50,000 from the current $10,000.”<\/p>\n
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