Washington, DC—Thursday, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) delivered a speech on the Senate floor highlighting the challenges the SAVE America Act would pose for Alaskans and the state’s election processes if enacted. The speech as prepared below: Madam President, I’ve come to the floor to speak about the SAVE America Act. Unfortunately, I […]
Washington, DC—In an opinion piece published in the Anchorage Daily News Monday, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressed her support for voter ID but explained why she will not support the SAVE America Act. Senator Murkowski outlined why the bill would be difficult to implement in states like Alaska—especially in time for elections this year. […]
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, millions of low-income borrowers may now be forced to spend several hundred more dollars a month paying for student loans. As student debt exacerbates the financial struggles of millions of Americans, the Trump administration has taken a major step toward killing the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program. On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced that it had reached a […]
“If Speaker Johnson drives House Republicans down this highly partisan path,” said Democratic leaders, “the odds of a shutdown go way up.” Leading U.S. Senate Democrats on Friday accused House Republicans of “wasting precious time catering to the hard MAGA right” as House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a stopgap funding bill tied to a proposal that would […]