'Agonizing': How Alaska's pivotal Republican senator decided to vote for Donald Trump's bill
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, walk at the Capitol, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, center, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, arrives for a closed-door Republican meeting to advance President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a key swing vote on the budget reconciliation package, leaves the chamber as Republicans plan to begin a final push to advance President Donald Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts package. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)FILE - Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pauses outside the chamber to answer a question from a reporter at the Capitol in Washington, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, walk at the Capitol, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
