🚨 Murkowski votes YES to advance spending bill.

[In It to Win It]

HIGH DRAMA IN THE SENATE.

There are 50 no votes on proceeding to reconciliation. Murkowski, Rick Scott, Mike Lee have not voted. One more no vote stalls the bill.

Collins voted aye.

Tillis, Ron Johnson and Rand Paul have voted no.

— Steven T. Dennis (@steventdennis.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T00:08:00.570Z

Murkowski votes aye!

— Steven T. Dennis (@steventdennis.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T01:18:39.247Z

[Lovie777]

1. Did ya think she cared.............

[enough]

2. Of course

[chicoescuela]

3. Collins and Murkowski are the worst. No guts no glory ladies

Tsf has grabbed him by the p….
Thanks so much

[True Dough]

4. Collins and Murkowski

all talk, no action.

COMPLICIT!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. ZERO, but then is anyone surprised?!

[surfered]

5. -

[Emile]

6. Wondering what she got for her aye vote.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Probably why she was holding out. She wanted to get the highest possible bribe.

[ananda]

22. Haven't we been down this road before with them?

Grrrr

[Irish_Dem]

29. Many many Times. GOP congress are all gutless wonders.

They are traitors who work for the billionaires, Putin, and the Trump Crime Syndicate.

[Fiendish Thingy]

23. Reminder: this was just a procedural vote to advance the bill to debate

Dems forced the entire bill to read aloud on the senate floor, then 10 hours of debate, then the final floor vote, probably some time tomorrow.

We shall see what tomorrow brings.

[Bettie]

10. Probably the satisfaction of knowing

she is doing harm to a lot of poor people...and those who are simply not-rich, while also ensuring that our planet dies much more quickly. Isn't what the dream for all Republicans.

[Raven123]

11. Not sure, but I hear fossil fuel industry will flourish.

My guess is that possibly will be her excuse

[chowder66]

12. She got hers.....

Overnight, the Senate radically altered its Big Beautiful Bill, zeroing in on one state and one Senator in an attempt to buy her vote.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressed several concerns about the Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps) cuts to the bill. A joint op-ed from the legislative leadership in Alaska in The New York Times explained that 40,000 residents would lose health coverage and thousands more would lose SNAP benefits. “The shift in costs from the federal government to the state will plunge our budget into a severe deficit, cripple our state economy and make it harder to provide basic services,” state House Speaker Bryce Edgmon and state Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel wrote.

The changes to the latest text made to attract support from moderate concerned about the deep nature of the budget cuts were largely performative. A $15 billion program to support rural hospitals was increased to just $25 billion, a joke when you consider that the Medicaid cuts in the same bill total $930 billion, according to a preliminary Congressional Budget Office estimate. The cuts to the provider tax were mostly maintained but delayed only one year, from 2027 to 2028; it remains to be seen whether the parliamentarian will even allow that. (Critically, Alaska is the only state that doesn’t use the provider tax maneuver to increase resources for its Medicaid program.)

But the gifts to Alaska, designed to sway Murkowski, came fast and furious. The federal share of payment for Medicaid would be increased for “the state with the highest separate poverty guideline.” That happens to be Alaska. Their share would increase 25 percent above that of a typical state.


https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-28-alaska-gold-rush/

[Rebl2]

33. Thought

I just read the parliamentarian said no to her back room deal, so it’s a no go for her deal she made

[chowder66]

34. That was from yesterday and she got a tax deal for 67 whaling captains,. That wasn't removed as far as I know.

It was re-written and the parliamentarian is re-reviewing it.

[chowder66]

8. Murkowski was pandering for some pork with her bullshit "thinking about switching to the Democratic caucus".

Another Republican bullshitter, never to be trusted.

[malaise]

14. Ding ding

Rec

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

21. Seriously... what a traitorous POS she is!!

[chowder66]

25. Not really traitorous since she's not a Democrat and I thought that was what she was doing anyway.

When you tell the media you are thinking about "thinking of leaving the party..." to join the Dem's , that's a cry for pork and it worked.

... she's not worth the time it took to write this at this point.

[newdeal2]

9. No surprise

I have no hopes for any decent Republicans to support democracy. Expect the ugly bill to be passed in some form.

[marble falls]

13. Oh look how progressive she is.

[choie]

15. Of course she did.

Cowardly POS.

[3catwoman3]

16. Charlie Brown, Lucy...

...and the football, yet again.

[LoisB]

17. I am not the least bit surprised.

[Lulu KC]

18. Nooooooo

As so often happens. And she's the one who said they were all afraid to stand up to him. Exhibit A.

[Joinfortmill]

19. She's gonna regret that vote come the next election

[pat_k]

24. Lisa M: I got mine for AK, fuck the rest of the nation.

Republicans Lavish Alaska With Benefits in Policy Bill, Grasping for a Key Vote

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/politics/republicans-alaska-murkowski-bill.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Sk8.gpog.QtO7zS6ATwYP&smid=url-share

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. It's not over yet, but anyone betting on any Republican

To do the right thing, I’d like to play poker with you.

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. And please remember, the bill is being sent to someone

Who does not have the first fucking clue how the bill is created, how it is voted on, what the rules are, why one vote doesn’t mean it’s over because it could be procedural vote for this or that.

Donald Trump is the single stupidest person on earth.

He did not know what the words strong dollar meant, he did not know why Pearl Harbor was important historically. He knows absolutely nothing about absolutely anything.

I do not own hotels or golf courses or restaurants, but I will bet every penny I have I know far far more about it than he does.

[Bayard]

28. Johnson caved

[Heidi]

30. And water is still wet. (nt)

[spanone]

31. Fuck Them All.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. A Medicaid carveout for Alaska was among the "Byrd bath" casualties.

This will be fun to watch. The concessions she asked for are illegal

Senate rulekeeper deals huge blows to Trump’s revised ‘Big, beautiful bill’

A Medicaid carveout for Alaska was among the “Byrd bath” casualties.

— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T18:21:01.293Z

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/29/megabill-byrd-alaska-megabill-parliamentarian-00431730

The Senate’s rewritten domestic policy bill faces new hurdles after the parliamentarian advised senators Sunday that several provisions violate the chamber’s strict rules for budget reconciliation bills.

The rulings, released in a memo from Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee, come as Senate Republicans are still trying to ensure they have the votes for final passage of their signature legislation.

Two provisions added to the bill just days ago — and tailored specifically to boost Medicaid payments to Alaska and Hawaii — have been ruled to violate the Senate’s Byrd rule. That limits what can pass through the reconciliation process with a simple majority.

GOP leaders had hoped the Medicaid provisions focused on non-contiguous states, along with other Alaska-friendly changes, would be enough to win the vote of Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). She had voiced concerns over deep cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Murkowski voted to move forward with the bill Saturday night after making committee chairs and leadership sweat.

Elsewhere, Senate Republicans attempted to expand a Medicare drug-price negotiation exemption for “orphan” drugs to include medicines that treat multiple rare diseases. But the parliamentarian ruled it is not in compliance with rules and could threaten the ability to pass the megabill with a simple majority. The orphan drug provision was in the House-passed bill, but was not included in the first Senate Finance Committee’s proposal earlier this month