How Republicans Got Lisa Murkowski To Vote For The Tax Cut Bill
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The Alaska Republican won special treatment for Alaskans who would be affected by the bill's safety net cuts.
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans had to make Alaska-friendly changes to their bill cutting taxes and Medicaid in order to win over Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).
The Senate couldn’t have passed the so-called Big Beautiful Bill on Tuesday without Murkowski serving as the 50th vote and Vice President JD Vance providing the tiebreaker.
Murkowski used her leverage to make the bill’s cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program less severe in Alaska, but not necessarily anywhere else.
“When you look to to the Medicaid and the SNAP provisions, I committed myself, and my team from the very get-go of this process that we were going to try, every day, to contribute to a better outcome for the people in my state,” Murkowski told reporters after the vote.
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