Lisa Murkowski, in full Lisa Ann Murkowski, (born May 22, 1957, Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S.), American politician who was appointed as a Republican to the U.S. Senate from Alaska in 2002 and took office the following year. She was elected to that body in 2004. Her father, Frank Murkowski, was an Alaskan banker turned politician who later served as a U.S. senator (1981–2002) and as governor (2002–06). After studying economics at Georgetown University (B.A., 1980), Lisa Murkowski received a law degree (1985) from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She then moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where she worked in the district court
WASHINGTON - Today’s bipartisan introduction of the Afghan Adjustment Act in the House of Representatives by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Fred Upton (R-MI), and Scott Peters (D-CA), and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Lisa Ann Murkowski (R-AK) signals a renewed focus on welcoming Afghans to the United States after 20 years of war.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has a brewing civil war on his hands as Democratic activists turn up the volume on talk about challenging Sens.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is getting pushback from a fellow Democratic senator for his decision to grant Republicans a second chance to ask tough questions to a key Interior Department nominee.