Trump looks for revenge on Murkowski after health care vote; Alaska projects in jeopardy
sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is surrounded by reporters as she walks toward the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2017.
Open warfare erupted Thursday between Sen. Lisa Murkowski and the Trump administration after the Alaska Republican voted this week against GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare — a stance that’s led to White House vows of revenge.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday called both Ms. Murkowski and Sen. Dan Sullivan, Alaska Republican, to warn that long-awaited Alaska projects — such as the potentially life-saving King Cove road and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — could be scrapped as a result of Ms. Murkowski’s health care vote.
Ms.
Murkowski fired back Thursday by delaying confirmation votes for several top Interior nominees in her Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, though committee officials denied that the move was direct retaliation against Mr. Zinke, attributing the delay to “uncertainty with the Senate schedule.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/27/trump-looks-revenge-murkowski-after-health-care-vo/
