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...think it says a lot about all of us."The budget passed for fiscal year 2014 is among the smallest in years. Republican lawmakers like Kodiak Rep. Alan Austerman, co-chairman of the House Finance Committee, warned that the state's conservative...
...and the people of Alaska," Luke Miller, his spokesman, wrote in an e-mail Tuesday.In recent days, other Republican lawmakers like Sens. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Lindsay Graham of South Carolina have suggested they might wiggle on...
...Democrats.Democrats had to turn back Republican efforts to cut programs such as $150 million in fisheries aid that Republican lawmakers said was unrelated to the storm that hammered the East Coast late in October. The measure cleared the Senate on...
...chambers before he pulled it.Oil taxes top the agenda for the legislative session that begins in January, but some Republican lawmakers also expect social issues, like abortion and school choice, to be raised. Conservatives say these kinds of bills...
...anxiety and prompt them to offer Romney frantic advice through much of the fall. For example, recently a senior Republican lawmaker noted the Romney campaign's determination to stick to its long-term plan by asking: "Is it discipline, or...
...Obama's message, though.Over two days of campaign-style appearances on college campuses, he quoted one unnamed Republican lawmaker as saying she had "very little tolerance for people who tell me they graduate with debt because there's no reason...
...conservative groups that argue such instruction would expose students to a subject that some parents find objectionable. Republican lawmakers who opposed the bill had called it a well-intentioned but ill-conceived bill. Some raised concerns that it...
WASHINGTON - The gray wolf hit a major milestone on Dec. 21, when the Obama administration said the wolf's population in the Great Lakes region had grown to the point where the animals no longer required federal protection.
...adding their voices to those of Alaska's congressional delegation and governor in seeking action.Two other Republican lawmakers, state Reps. Charisse Millett and Kyle Johansen, also recently made the trip.Chenault, R-Nikiski, said...
...and hospitals - who aren't saints - a strong financial incentive to engage in excessive care."At least two Republican lawmakers apparently think Congress has unlimited funds to extend life ad infinitum - piling up hundreds of thousands of...