Like many others, I've been critical of McCain's votes not matching his rhetoric. However, last night his was the decisive vote in the defeat of the latest attempt to repeal the ACA, joining Collins and Murkowski. The importance of this can't be overstated. This was never really ever about healthcare, it was just about negating Obama's legacy, while providing tax cuts to the wealthy.
Later that day, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called Murkowski and the state’s other Republican senator, Dan Sullivan, to threaten that the Trump administration may change its position on several issues that affect the state to punish Murkowski, including blocking energy exploration and plans to allow the construction of new roads. “The message was pretty clear,” Sullivan told the Alaska Dispatch News.
Nevertheless, Murkowski persisted. In fact, she took it one step farther and demonstrated that she has more leverage over Zinke than he has over her. As chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Murkowski indefinitely postponed a nominations markup that the Interior Department badly wants.
Only an amateur would threaten the person who has oversight over his agency! If she wants, Murkowski can make Zinke’s life so unbelievably miserable. He has no idea.
He is truly a frustrating person. I really want my memories of him to be voting no on this travesty or verbally slapping W around in South Carolina or yanking the microphone from the whack job who called Obama an "Arab." But I feel like I'll be stuck with memories of his holier-than-thou speech on the Senate floor the other day or lying about Obamacare being crafted behind closed doors with no GOP input or continuing to defend Sarah Palin.
Collins and Murkowski are remarkable women, and if I lived in their state I'd likely cross party lines to vote for them because it's clear they have integrity. They were also the only two Republicans to stand up to DeVos.
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Posted: 7/28/17 at 8:51am