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20 Sep 2020, 10:16 am by Howard Bashman
Lisa Murkowski becomes 2nd GOP senator to oppose pre-election Supreme Court vote; Murkowski and Susan Collins of Maine have said they would not vote for a Supreme Court nominee ahead of the election”: Allan Smith of NBC News has this report. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 5:54 pm by Tom Smith
Trump’s nominee, moderate Republican senators including Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska will likely be the final deciders on whether the president’s pick clears the chamber.Ms. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 10:40 am by Sara Savat
“Only Senator Lisa Murkowski [R-Alaska] has indicated her opposition to acting on a nomination this year. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 7:12 am by Thomas DeLorenzo
” Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski likewise described the opening of the Refuge to drilling as an important step to creating a “lasting economic foundation for our state. [read post]
5 Aug 2020, 3:14 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to include language in the next COVID-19 relief bill that would provide a “clear mandate” that agencies and federal contractors continue to offer maximum telework to all eligible employees. [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 12:03 pm by Tom Smith
Right away, Shelton’s nomination received pushback from the resistance wing of the Republican Party, with Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski going on the record as opposing her nomination. [read post]
8 Apr 2020, 3:00 am by Gabrielle Wast
” Senators John Cornyn, Kevin Cramer, Ted Cruz, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, as well as Representatives Kelly Armstrong and Henry Cuellar are cosponsoring the bill. [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 12:01 pm by Robert Black
A similar joint resolution sponsored in the Senate by Senators Ben Cardin and Lisa Murkowski states that the amendment proposed in 1972 “shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution whenever ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  What about the Republicans whom the press bizarrely mislabels “moderates,” like Alexander and Collins (as well as Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney)? [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 8:29 am by Margaret Taylor
.), Lisa Murkowski, (R-Alaska), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine). [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 4:15 pm by Benjamin Wittes
The 1992 Robert Altman movie “The Player” has a scene in which movie studio executives are sitting around complaining about the cost of acquiring scripts from outside screenwriters and one of them proposes having the studio generate its own stories instead. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 12:38 pm by Melanie Fontes
By Daniel Cotter* When the Mueller Report was expected in the early months of 2019, the question of the potential for a sitting president to be indicted was debated. [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 7:06 am by Chris Stephens
Senator Lisa Murkowski stated, “I don’t believe the continuation of this process will change anything. [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 2:44 am by Marty Lederman
After Lisa Murkowski announced that she would capitulate to Mitch McConnell and vote "no" on compelling further evidence in the Senate trial, it became evident that there wouldn't be any tie votes that the Chief Justice might choose to break (or not). [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 4:52 am
Collins made their positions clear on Thursday night, all eyes turned to a fourth possible Republican swing vote, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who said she would announce her decision on Friday. [read post]
30 Jan 2020, 2:49 am
The Democrats need all 3 — Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski — just to get to the tie. [read post]
25 Jan 2020, 5:12 am
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who has said she might be open to calling witnesses in the trial, told reporters. [read post]
20 Jan 2020, 3:30 am by Eric B. Meyer
According to this press release from Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley (D), Senators Merkley, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), “announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to provide salaried employees in traditional office environments—a group of approximately 13.5 million executive, administrative, and professional women—with reasonable break time and a private place to pump breastmilk. [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 3:45 am by Edith Roberts
’” In an op-ed for The Washington Post (subscription required) adapted from her new book, Ruth Marcus recounts how, [i]n the last stage of the confirmation battle, as at the start, [Supreme Court nominee then-Judge Brett] Kavanaugh’s fate was largely in the hands of just two senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. [read post]
17 Oct 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) requested in 2017 that Tongass be exempted from a logging ban in designated national forests, citing the need to “create new opportunities for our struggling communities, provide good jobs for thousands of Alaskans, and still fully protect our lands and waters. [read post]