WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Lisa Murkowski today announced that she is retaining her Ranking Member status on the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee – where she will have a critical seat at the negotiating table to set the funding priorities for an enormous range of Alaskan-related policy areas.
WASHINGTON, DC – A week after Senator Lisa Murkowski urged the heads of the Senate Appropriations Committee to get clarity on the looming threat of sequestration and undefined across-the-board federal cuts, a hearing was scheduled for this Thursday where Cabinet officials will present their spending plans.
President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union Address — the first of his second term in office — on February 12. The speech to a joint session of Congress will be watched by millions across the nation and around the world.
JUNEAU-Yesterday, members of the Senate’s Special Committee on Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Throughput moved Senate Bill 21 out of committee with a letter of intent describing several key findings and recommendations of the TAPS committee to the next two committees of referral, Resources and Finance. The conclusions were reached after the committee held six meetings […]