For Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the One Big Beautiful Bill is a hot potato she just tossed to the House. Now, she has called on House Republicans to send the “One Big Beautiful Bill” back to the Senate for further refinement because it’s not ready. This, even though Murkowski cast one of the decisive votes in favor of the sweeping Trump budget and priorities package.
“My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we’re not there yet,” Murkowski told reporters Tuesday, after the Senate passed the bill in dramatic fashion, ending a 28-hour vote-a-rama.
The legislation narrowly cleared the Senate with Murkowski emerging as a pivotal holdout whose support tipped the balance to a 50-50 split. Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. Murkowski’s decision came after last-minute negotiations secured her a provision doubling grant funding to rural hospitals, which will pour money into rural Alaska.
But despite helping pass the bill, Murkowski now says the package still needs work and is urging her colleagues in the House to reject it in its current form and send it back.
Adding to the political firestorm, former Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola weighed in on social media Tuesday, posting a sharp critique of her “former colleagues,” accusing them of being bought by billionaires. Though Peltola didn’t name names, her post was widely interpreted as a jab at both Murkowski and Sen. Dan Sullivan, Alaska’s two sitting senators.
The irony wasn’t lost on political observers: Peltola’s own 2024 congressional campaigns was among the most well-funded in Alaska history, with millions in support from out-of-state donors and progressive PACs. Despite the backing of billionaires like Reid Hoffman, Michael Bloomberg, and Dustin Moskovitz, she lost her re-election bid in 2024 to Republican Nick Begich III. Adding to the irony is that Murkowski was a supporter of Peltola when she first ran for office, and Murkowski opposed Begich. Her support was more private in 2024, but still detectable. Now, Peltola has tuned on her.
Peltola yet another useless tool that was funded by billionaires, And Murkowski will never get anything right.
Peltola, who?
Exactly! She’s a has-been and should be ignored!
Still waiting to hear what Peltola actually accomplished in her two years of grifting in the House of Representatives. Besides enriching herself, did she do anything besides hide in bathroom from hard votes.
Didn’t No Show Peltola claim credit for getting Willow approved? Like she, and she alone, was the one successful getting the job done. I wish that all of the media would completely stop doing any reporting on her. I don’t care anything about her. Even bad publicity is still publicity and keeps her in the news.
Girl boss fatigue
You know if the republicans played this right they could box in Lisa enough that she would want to retire. If you think about it, it’s very possible. Right now she has even dems upset with her
What did Peltola accomplish it her 2 year vacation?
It’s ironic that Princess Lisa is loathe to carry this hot potato of a bill, when she was more than happy to carry water for the former Potato-In-Chief.
Peltola…? Oh…, her — the footnote of Alaska’s politicians.
Polenta: a corny mush, lacking any strong identity of its own.
As always, Murkowski loves the spotlight. It’s the only way she can get attention by the nation. She can’t get attention for doing anything else.
Peltola pissed away an incredible opportunity. She was Alaska’s representative. She could have wisely championed Alaska issues and parlayed that into a lifetime of service for her constituents. Instead, she carried the mantle for every leftist lunatic cause that she could in her pathetic two years. She has zero room to jab at anyone, except herself. As the saying goes, “the dog barks, but the caravan moves on.”
It must be exhausting to be on every side of an issue at once.