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'A Few Battle Scars' | How Lisa Murkowski's Vote Was Won on Trump's Tax Bill
ALASKA, UNITED STATES, JUL 2 – Sen. Lisa Murkowski secured exemptions and spending benefits for Alaska, including a SNAP waiver tied to the state’s 24.66% payment error rate, enabling the tax bill’s narrow Senate passage.
- The Senate passed President Donald Trump's 887-page tax and spending bill on Tuesday by a narrow 51-50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie.
- Republican leaders spent days persuading Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to support the bill by negotiating several special provisions and carveouts for her state.
- Murkowski secured exemptions exempting Alaska from new SNAP work requirements, protections from Medicaid cuts, tax breaks for fisheries, and clean energy credits tailored to her state’s needs.
- Murkowski called it one of the toughest and most challenging days she had experienced in her 23 years in the Senate and added that she hadn’t slept much in quite some time.
- The bill now returns to the House for a final vote amid ongoing debate, with Alaska poised to face fewer austerity impacts than many other states under the GOP plan.
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