Alaska’s congressional delegation diverged when it came to voting on a bill that keeps the federal government funded through Feb. 18.
The continuing resolution, which made it through Congress late Dec. 2, drew heated debate in both houses in the lead up to the vote. A major point of contention was the fact that the government spending measure includes funds for President Joe Biden to enforce COVID shot requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, health care workers, the military and private employers with more than 100 employees.
While the president got money to impose his highly contentious COVID mandates, many of them are on hold after being temporarily blocked by federal courts pending further litigation. So far, four separate courts have issued stays against Biden’s mandates on health care workers, federal contractors in three states and private employers across the nation.
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The House voted 221-212, to approve the government spending bill with funds for the mandates. Rep. Don Young voted with all but one Republican in opposing it in the House. On the Senate side, a group of Republicans failed to pass an amendment that would have removed the COVID mandate funds. It was rejected 50-48 along party lines. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan voted in support of the amendment to pull funds for the mandates.
When it came to the final vote on the overall spending package, Murkowski voted with Democrats and a number of other Republicans to pass the bill along a 69-28 vote in order to avoid a partial government shutdown that would have taken effect at midnight on Dec. 4.
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Lisa has to go now!
Hello Alaskans, Lisa is a Washington scum swamp creature
She does not look out for Alaskans, just herself
Vote her OUT
Votes. and helping her very qualified opponent.. NOT words is what we need. For some unfathomable reason. Patriots, constitutionalist, Libertarians and ‘so called’ Republicans do not stick together when it counts! Vote for Kelly for US Senate. Clean the Alaska “Murky” out of the swamp.
Total Traitors , let the Unconstitutional Government Shut Down , Do away with the Federal Reserve & Test each and every Congressmen / Women & Senators on competency ! CR’s should be outlawed when spending in a deficit period , The current only winners are the Federal Reserve Bankers! ! EO. 11110 should be enforced ! Thank you, JFK.
And here we are with more miss guided voting by our elected Senate leaders! When is enough going to be enough? It’s time all Alaskans step up and do something all the way around. Yes both federal and state oh and municipality too!
Thank you. 110% correct.
The Biden administration is nothing more than a movie theater with horror movies!
Mandates and restrictions on the American people?
But NO restrictions for the 2 million people that are pouring into or country ILLEGALLY?
Can’t wait to get rid of these lunatics!
80 House Republicans Help Pass Bill to Fund Federal Vaccination Database including Don Young.
Good for him!
Buh Bye Don. You have definitely become a DC swamp critter over decades. You are now the ‘poster child’ for term limits.
-Remember when Rep Don Young called Hispanic migrant workers “WETBACKS” in the 1990’s?
-Remember when Don Young in 2005, backed the “Bridge to Nowhere, a proposal to build an expensive bridge with government funds to a sparsely populated area? When the funds were directed elsewhere, he told critics “They can kiss my ear”
-Remember when Young threatened to bite a fellow Congress House Republican “like the mink, after he opposed one of Don Youngs’ proposals. (Who talks like this?)
-Remember when Young described the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 as NOT an environmental disaster? He called it a natural phenomenon. The BP oil spill was the worst environmental catastrophes in U.S. history, poured more than 3 million barrels of crude oil in the gulf for some 87 days, after an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig started a fire. Eleven crew members were killed.
-Remember when Don Young at congressional hearing in the 1990’s argued with the U.S Fish and Wild service and brandished an 18-inch-long walrus penis bone and pounded it into his hand for emphasis. (Who acts like this, holding a walrus penis at a congressional hearing?)
-Remember when Don Young spoke to a group of high school students about federal funds that went to photographs of people doing offensive things. He went on to use crude language to describe sexual acts portrayed in artist Rober Mapplethorpe’s’ photographs. He said “I don’t apologize. You are all adults and if you have to ask the questions, I’m going to answer. (What member of Congress lectures students with crude language and describes sexual acts to students – who does this?)
Forgot: But, Rep. Don Young of Alaska had a blunt message for Trump: “Just shut up.” ??????????????????????????????????????
That’s a contradictory action by Sen Sullivan.
From what I know from working along side federal employees, around 80% of the federal government is and has been on funding “auto pilot” and this 80% would not be affected by any claimed government shutdown. If this is the case, this funding “emergency” was and is more theater, than real life.
I’m done with all our DC representatives and I mean senators too!
Why would you or anybody else, with good common sense want the Government to shut down? This pandemic has made all of our lives miserable in one way or another already!
Get it straight. The virus didn’t shut us down… our governments did!
The Three Musketeers!
More like three muskrats.
Why don’t we have any Honey Badgers or Wolverines running for our offices? I know we got ’em.
Biden’s gang is more like a communist or Nazi regime than any prior Administration other than Obama’s.
Many Americans believe Obama, George Soros or China, are running this fright fest, not Joe Biden.
It certainly looks and acts like it.
Don Young and Lisa Murkowski have been a disappointment. Both have enabled democrats to further their agenda despite a very unpopular president and a very small democrat majority in the house and senate. Both of these individuals are RINO’s and should receive serious primary challenges in the election next fall. Kelly Tshibaka has a good chance at unseating the very unpopular Lisa Murkowski. We need a brave and bold MAGA candidate to mount a serious challenge against Don Young. Both of these individuals need to be replaced by conservatives.
WE DON’T EVER NEED MAGA…in this country…AGAIN! GOOD FOR LISA AND DAN!
MAGA all the way, if not our country is in trouble
Trump rally coming soon to Alaska to campaign against loser Lisa, can’t wait good times for All
President Trump will SAVE America AGAIN from being destroyed, by the woke (whatever that is? Stupidity?) Marxist democrat totalitarians who are turning their cities into cesspools!
I think Doris would look really good wearing a Red Hat and a Red Tee shirt that reads “Save America Again!”
Slippery Sullivan is equally bad.
He sold the soul of the nation out, for a little bag of gold, and bailed the SloJo Biden administration out.
Despicable.
Traitor.
Liar.
DOMINION MUST. BE SMASHED IF. OUR VOTE IS TO EVER BE COUNTED,,,THAT IS THE WHOLE BALANCE
NOTHING. ELSE. MATTERS. OR THEY WILL JUST BE INSTALLED PUPPETS,,,
From his comment using all caps, I make the following predictions about Ross Doris. Democrat. Triple vaxed. Double masked at all times. Prove me wrong.
perhaps wears a Pelosi hat
President Trump is a brilliant leader, who says it like it is, type of guy (typical east coast and unpretentious) and we love him! Trump truly made America Great!
Trump is for the people, for freedom, he resonates with the people, and fights for the people. Trump made America energy independent, made CRT illegal to teach, made America strong and safe, pro- police, pro-life, no mask-vaccine mandates, low gas prices, low energy bills, low food prices, low inflation, low unemployment, no empty shelves in stores, low interest rates and a secure border.
Biden steals the election and POOF it is all gone!
Biden undid every bill Trump signed and in 10 months he DESTROYED the United States.
We are now living in a recession, worse than the 1970’s.
TRUMP DID GREAT THINGS FOR THIS COUNTRY AND WE WANT TRUMP BACK AS OUR PRESIDENT!
The sealed Durham investigation Indictments will arrest these three and all
govt officials that. took the Oath to protect and defend this Republic against
all enemies foreign and domestic, CCP Dominion vote machines will hang. a
lot. of. traitors within our state and. nation. keeping. silent Alaska senators and reps.
is complicity…. Hang down your heads.
AUDIT IN EATONVILLE FLORIDA FINDS FRAUD AND JUDGE REMOVES SEATED COUNCILMAN….. THE AVALANCHE BEGINS. ALASKA COWARD
OATHBREAKERS IN OUR. LEGISLATURE IT IS SO COMING AND YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR TREASON….. NOTHING SHALL BE HIDDEN.
With Biden’s LOW approval numbers(Dems and Republicans alike), protests, and parents fighting the socialist school system… It is obvious We The People have had ENOUGH!
The local government schills have out-warn their welcome.
I consider those not following the will of We The People the true Domestic Terrorists implementing tyranny on innocent tax paying citizens.
All the while rewarding and encouraging criminal behavior as well as supporting the mentally ill trying to control the majority.
We all see the ones screwing up Alaska and Anchorage alike.. don’t forget their names my friends.
Someone doesn’t like “Make America Great Again”? Well Ross Doris, maybe your in the wrong country. This country is falling apart and the only time I’ve seen national pride and American leadership that wasn’t just chipping their ivories was when Trump was in office. You may not like his personality, but if you didn’t like his results you might be from California, or Washington State. The man was spot on for true American values. If anyone can truthfully say we are better off now then we were 3 years ago has got a serious mental problem.
Murkowski = Democrat, she out! Don’s been slipping, needs to go! Dan is sitting on the fence, wait and see. Alaskan’s are conservatives, it’s the nature of the beast. We fend for ourselves and beg no ones pardon to exercise our God given and constitutional rights,
Public hanging needed for these public disgraces