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...session Sunday, passed a multibillion-dollar oil tax cut in the hopes it will lead to more production.The 12-8 Senate vote came in spite of fears that the impacts of SB21 aren't well understood and will devastate Alaska's budget."It...
...thwarted by a united Republican Party that fought him at almost every turn. Republicans provided not a single House or Senate vote for the health care law. They beat back his efforts to end the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest households...
...1 million race in Alaska or a $40 million race down south," Begich said. "The vote is the same. It's one (senate) vote. What do you pick? The math is simple in my book (Alaska.)" "I think it's anybody's race. I know the nationals...
...many fans in Congress. It cruised through the House last year 315-102, and supporters said they had at least 60 Senate votes. The bill cleared a Senate committee 13-7 but then died amid protests over its cost: $45 billion over 15 years...
...boom in the works. But optimism started to wane in recent months. ANWR drilling remains up in the air, awaiting a Senate vote likely to happen early next year. The oil companies have preliminarily said a North Slope gas project -- an estimated...
...government officials. The law allows annual cost-of-living raises unless they are specifically blocked by House and Senate votes. Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., tried to block the pay raise from taking effect, but ''in a late-night maneuver...
...last year to allow drilling in the Alaska refuge. Supporters have been reluctant to bring it up in the Senate, but a Senate vote could come as early as the second week of April. ''Once again the administration has released a report undermining...
...that we have a legal and moral obligation toward lowering carbon emissions in our economy." On the eve of the June 10 Senate vote on Murkowski's resolution, which failed 47-53, Jackson wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post in which she said...
...Senate last year, missing 12 percent of votes. This year, his record improved to only 3 percent, about average for a senator. Frank Murkowski, who was campaigning to be governor for much of the year, missed 9 percent of Senate votes.
...Interior Department was considering whether to advocate a decrease in acreage for ANWR development as a way to secure more Senate votes for the idea. ''The White House spokesman didn't deny those discussions but said the White House wasn't involved...