Alaska Native leaders and justice advocates packed a Senate hearing room for an update on what Congress and the Trump administration are doing to address the MMIW issue.
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Alaska’s US senators split on curbing Trump’s power to attack Iran
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of eight Republicans who crossed the aisle to pass a resolution that restricts President Donald Trump’s ability to attack Iran. Sen. Dan Sullivan voted against the resolution.
Trump’s budget would slash Denali Commission funding
President Trump has proposed to cut funding to the Denali Commission before, and Congress has protected it. The commission is a priority for Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Sullivan, after voting to acquit Trump, says the president’s actions were not ‘perfect’
In a video, Sen. Dan Sullivan criticizes House Democrats for the impeachment process and defends the Senate’s decision not to call new witnesses. He also defends the president’s right to pursue investigations in Ukraine.
Murkowski opposes convicting Trump, but calls his behavior ‘shameful and wrong’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski casts blame on the House of Representatives for an impeachment process she says was rushed. She also blames senators of both parties, who she says had decided the verdict before the trial even started.
Murkowski, whose Alaska supporters run the spectrum, has angered the left
On high-profile votes as partisan as this one, Murkowski is sure to disappoint a lot of her base no matter how she votes.
Murkowski to vote against witnesses in Trump impeachment trial
“Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate,” says Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Trump impeachment witnesses? Murkowski still isn’t saying.
“I need to wait until the White House managers have finished the presentation of their case before I make a determination,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski says.
Murkowski says no to witnesses in Trump impeachment trial. For now.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she will vote with Republican leaders against amendments demanding witnesses. But she says no one should assume she will oppose calling witnesses later.
‘Disturbed’: Murkowski says she didn’t mean quite what you thought she meant
Lisa Murkowski sent the hopes of Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans aloft with her “disturbed” comment. The Alaska senator says her point was about procedure.