If President Donald Trump gets the funding he wants for a border wall, it could mean Alaska’s congressional delegation would lose out on one of its top priorities: a polar icebreaker.
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New legislation improves earthquake preparedness in Alaska
The legislation approved in Congress on Tuesday renews an earthquake preparedness bill that originally passed 40 years ago. The most recent version of the legislation expired nearly 10 years ago.
Walker asks Trump administration to protect people with pre-existing conditions
Walker has been working with a bipartisan governors’ group over the past year on health care issues.
Repeal the Second Amendment? That’s not so simple. Here’s what it would take
The Founding Fathers were willing to be edited, it seems, but they did not want it to be easy. So they made the amending process a steep uphill climb, requiring a clear national consensus to succeed.
Supreme Court declines to take DACA case, leaving it in place for now
The court said the government’s appeal on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should be heard by a court of appeals first. Trump had wanted to end the program by March 5.
U.S. Senators reach two-year budget deal
Senate leaders have reached a budget pact to increase spending for the Pentagon and domestic programs, offering a reprieve from fiscal fights that have been a cloud over Capitol Hill.
U.S. House passes bill to avoid government shutdown, but Senate prospects uncertain
The short-term measure passed the House Thursday evening after a key bloc of conservative Republicans said they would support it. Passage in the Senate is still unclear as funding runs out Friday.
Murkowski, Sullivan contend with less Republican Senate
This year, the Republican majority can only afford to lose one senator to keep a simple majority. Senate leadership and Alaska’s senators talk through some of their bipartisan goals for the year.
Republicans scrap health care vote — again, Trump blasts ‘so-called Republicans’
Republicans conceded that their latest Obamacare repeal-and-replace push does not have the votes. It’s yet another embarrassment for GOP leadership and President Trump.
Potential initiatives would enshrine Medicaid expansion, ACA provisions in state law
One initiative would require insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions. It also would allow parents to cover their children until they turn 26.