[content id=”79272″] “This isn’t shared sacrifice—it’s class warfare,” said one policy expert. Congressional Democrats and policy experts blasted U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ recently signed megabill on Monday in response to a new nonpartisan analysis about its varied impacts on American households. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Senate Minority […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Nick Begich (AK-R) applauded the House passage of his bill, H.R. 410, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act of 2025, calling it an important step toward honoring Alaska’s veterans. “The men and women who served our nation during the Vietnam War deserve the opportunity to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Last week, Congressman Nick Begich released the following statement after the final passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Today, Congress finalized one of the most consequential legislative efforts in decades by passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. For Alaska, this is a transformative victory. This bill solidifies Alaska’s position as […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the deciding vote to pass Republicans’ massive social safety net cuts through the Senate. She said she didn’t like the bill, but voted for it anyway after getting Alaska exempted from some of its worst harms. By the thinnest possible margin, the U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to pass a budget that includes the […]
