In an odd turn of events in the nation’s capitol, Alaska’s Senator Murkowski, who has been an outspoken supporter, and has even led the fight for new icebreakers, voted against an amendment proposed by Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois to add $940 million to the Defense Spending Bill to acquire an icebreaker. Murkowski has made […]
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the United States is providing an additional $9 million in aid for earthquake-ravaged Nepal. The added funding brings to $10 million dollars the total amount announced by the U.S. since Saturday’s quake, which has left more than 3,700 people dead. The U.S. Agency for International Development statement said […]
The House of Representatives voted today to block President Obama’s immigration policies in a 236-191 vote to end the program to defer deportation of 500,000 young immigrants. The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate. The U.S. House, led by Speaker John Boehner attached the bill to the must pass bill funding the Department of […]
Senator Lisa Murkowski last week questioned a number of Cabinet officials about the crisis at the U.S./Mexico border – as tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors are entering the U.S. from Central America – asking why they waited for the slow-motion migration to reach “emergency” status to seek a $3.7 billion increase in funding to […]