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We're doing something here, it's good news, I think it's significant and I think it will help to facilitate the project -- whichever project it is
Oil and Gas Pipeline Watch Jun 08, 2009
Republicans have been supportive of a stimulus plan all along
Republicans decry stimulus package Feb 14, 2009
The report debunks many of the arguments made against Arctic development. And it offers suggestions for mitigating the impacts of development that may prove useful
Blue Planet: No rest for the ANWRy Mar 07, 2003
We do not want EPA imposing economically harmful climate regulations. Energy and environmental policies should be developed in Congress
Blocking EPA deal could raise auto costs Feb 27, 2010
I would agree that the goal to advance and move in the direction of more substantial solar energy is a good one
Senate committee gives green light to solar energy funding bill Jul 21, 2010
Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. She was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, Governor Frank Murkowski. After losing a Republican primary in 2010, she became the second person ever to win a U.S. Senate election through write-in votes.
Born in Ketchikan, Alaska, she is the daughter of former U.S. Senator and Alaska Governor Frank Murkowski. She graduated from Georgetown University and received her law degree from Willamette University College of Law. After working as an attorney in the 1980s and 1990s, she was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998. Shortly after being elected House Majority Leader in 2002, she was appointed to the United States Senate by her father.
Murkowski was re-elected to a full term in 2004. Her 2010 re-election grew turbulent when former magistrate judge Joe Miller defeated her in the Republican primary. Murkowski mounted a write-in campaign, winning the general election. The long-shot campaign made national headlines: the only other Senate candidate to win a write-in vote was Strom Thurmond in 1954. Murkowski, generally considered a moderate conservative, is the only current Republican Senator from any West Coast state.