Murkowski pushes to include funding for health care, public broadcasting in deal to avert government shutdown

Senator Murkowski Proposes Framework to Avert Government Shutdown – Alaska Native News

Washington, DC – Following the failed votes on two proposed continuing resolutions, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) released the following statement and proposed a framework to avoid a government shutdown: “Today, I voted against two partisan proposals to temporarily fund the government, neither of which had a chance of clearing the 60-vote threshold in the Senate. […]

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski pushes to include funding for health care, public broadcasting in deal to avert government shutdown

Alaska's U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is looking to negotiate a deal to avert a government shutdown, while also extending tax credits that make health insurance affordable for thousands of Alaskans and reinstating some funding for public radio stations that her…

Murkowski pushes to include funding for health care, public broadcasting in deal to avert government shutdown

Alaska’s U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of two Senate Republicans to vote against a GOP-backed funding resolution.