Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska convinced Senate leaders to change their massive tax and spending cuts package to benefit her state and eventually voted for the legislation, ensuring its pass

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski took questions from Alaska reporters in a 25-minute phone news conference on Tuesday addressing her “Yes” vote for the controversial budget bill – dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” – which the U.

Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski cast a pivotal vote in the Senate's passage of the president's sweeping tax cuts and spending reductions bill on Tuesday