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Print article I deeply regret having voted for Sen. Lisa Murkowski. In the years since I made that mistake, it has become painfully obvious that Murkowski’s political attitudes are characterized by phony moral posturing, snooty arrogance and rancid hypocrisy. How dare Sen. Murkowski vote to affirm the “constitutionality” of a sham impeachment not overseen by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court against a private citizen who is no longer president? Obviously, the only time Murkowski s...

Vicious.

Neera Tanden committee vote delayed as alternatives to lead White House budget office surface Updated: February 24 Published February 24 In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, Neera Tanden, President Joe Bidens nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) Share on Facebook Print article WASHINGTON - Two Senate committees on Wednesday delayed votes on Pr...

She must be censured today and removed from office in her next election in 2022.

Print article Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young on Tuesday urged senators to support Interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland during a hearing before a Senate committee, calling her a friend who will listen to Republican concerns, even though he disagrees with her on oil and gas development. Young told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that he believes Democratic President Joe Biden has the right to choose his “crew.” Young said he’s “quite proud” that Rep. Debra Haalan...

6 Of 7 GOP Senators Who Voted To Convict Trump Now Face Punishment In Home States Sources say that the vast majority of GOP Senators who voted for

Print article JUNEAU — Republican officials in at least five Alaska state House districts have approved resolutions censuring U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and many of those officials said they believe the state party also will consider a resolution denouncing her. The resolutions are at least partially motivated by Murkowski’s support for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, but several sponsors expressed wider discontent with the senator. The districts’ actions set up a collision c...

By joining all 50 Democrats who voted against Trump, the seven GOP senators created a clear majority against him and provided a bipartisan chorus of condemnation of the former president.

Democrats would need a minimum of 17 Republicans to vote with them to convict Trump of incitement of insurrection, and that appears unlikely.

Both senators emphasized the panel’s bipartisan traditions in their first committee hearing in Washington.