Alaska's congressional delegation split and united in surprising ways on recent bills. Reporter lruskin explains:
Last week was busy in Congress, with Alaska’s congressional delegation splitting and uniting in surprising ways.
Alaska Public Media Washington Correspondent Liz Ruskin spoke about it to Alaska News Nightly host Casey Grove.Liz, one of the big votes in the Senate this week was to protect same-sex marriage, and both Alaska senators voted for it, but for very different reasons. Can you explain?First of all, lawmakers began pursuing this bill in earnest this summer, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, taking away the federal right to an abortion.
So, as expected, Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted for it. She’s been an advocate of marriage equality for quite a few years now. But Sen. Dan Sullivan also voted for it and that was something of a surprise.I tried to. He doesn’t usually stop in the hallways to talk to reporters, and he just slipped right past me. My attempt to get him on the phone didn’t work either.
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