Murkowski votes with Dems to defund DOGE

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Suzanne Downing
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Sen. Lisa Murkowski has criticized the Trump Administration for trying to streamline government and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse.

On Friday, she also voted to defund the Department of Government Efficiency — DOGE — which is headed up by Elon Musk on behalf of the president.

On an amendment to a bill, Maryland Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen moved Senate Amendment 1272 to H.R. 1968. The amendment would “prohibit the use of appropriated amounts by DOGE.”

Murkowski voted with the Democrats to defund the efficiency initiative, but the amendment failed, 52-48. All other Republicans voted against the amendment, even Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, both who at times vote with Murkowski against the majority of Republicans and against President Donald Trump.

Murkowski makes no secret of her disgust with President Trump and her intent to oppose his every move to reduce the size and cost of government. But it is telling that she is now taking on head of DOGE, who also happens to be the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, who will no doubt find a way to support a Republican opponent when Murkowski comes up for reelection in 2028 — unless she does not intend to run again.

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85 COMMENTS

    • Reality.
      Nepotism – her father gave her the Senate seat – AND – the RINO, NeoCon, UniParty types insured she kept getting elected (the kind of people that have voted for the George’s, Jeb, McCain, McConnell, Lindsey, Romney…).
      She’s corrupt, do the deep dive on the riverfront Kenai land scam – where she got prime riverfront property for pennies on the dollar.
      Nepotism Lisa represents the old Republican party – free trade, open borders, endless wars.
      That’s why she hates MAGA.
      Wake up people…

      • “………the kind of people that have voted for the George’s, Jeb, McCain, McConnell, Lindsey, Romney……..)
        From 1988 to 2016, did you vote for Democrats? Because the ballots I saw had those names running against Democrats, not really special people……..whoever those might be.
        Just wondering what kind of person you are………….

    • Why would anyone vote against Doge? The guy who is our space program, is going to Mars, built the most valuable car company, saved free speech, creates solar and battery and made himself the richest man in the world has put his entire legacy and rep on the line to save the US a trillion, or more $ . No one else has even bothered

  7. We have to get rid of rank choice voting and reinstate the Traditional Primary system, that is the only way to get this RINO out of Republican politics,

    • Jim K,
      Dunleavy has no interest in getting rid of RCV. Or in election integrity in this State in Name Only (colony) of his globalist and union masters.

      Outside scam carpet bagger power brokers like the Murkowskis exploit the predominate high turnover outsider temporary residents to maintain their control of this failing but residual lucrative exploitable colony.

      We don’t have a meaningful actual “conservative” segment of the population to effectuate a sovereign state government. Just look at the decrepit state of Anchorage and Fairbanks to illustrate this fact.

      Once the permanent fund is completely looted and exfiltrated we will be just another backwater for low end outside administrators to regulate. There is no bureaucratic skill required to maintain control over Alaska. The sheep will just passively accept mismanagement submissively.

      The Murkowski types will move onto other more promising opportunities to exploit, and we will just be another drain on the national ledger.

  8. Someone with Conservative Values that has a proven track record is soon to pop up. We are at the turning point of Our Nation…just takes Alaska forever to get moving…

    • “…….Someone with Conservative Values that has a proven track record……..”
      That unicorn simply doesn’t exist. Just one “mistake” makes one a RINO……or worse. Satisfying right wing conservatives is as impossible as satisfying left wing kooks.

        • Some serious psychological projection. You sound as if you might have the Rules for Radicals leftist handbook memorized.

          • Look up the definition of a Cult and you have a definition of a Trump supporter. Facts don’t lie, just Trumpers. Back to your Cult Cultist.

        • Actually RINO there isn’t any satisfaction to be had in arguments with whack job leftist fruitcakes.
          One can have pity for the brain addled leftist, but its foolish to try to reason with one.
          You have my sympathy.

    • “…….She’s your senator till 2028, deal with Trump Cultist.
      Thanks for that 2028 resignation or retirement, RINO. Can we hold you to it?

  10. I will be happy to once again point out that civilian Federal employees and civilian Federal retirees are a very significant portion of Alaskan voters.

    Lisa knows this well, and she knows well that they are very supportive of her.

    It has nothing to do with any moral or ethical standards, except for Lisa’s ethics of “anything to win another election.”

    • Of the support of the three-legged stool, federal spending is the strongest and the one that will never go away. Hate that fact as you might, if it does goes away, so do you, since every other industry in Alaska is currently in deadly decline (except pass-thru aviation cargo, which Trump is desperately trying to kill). Since 1938, Alaska has been a military outpost no different than Ft. Bridger in 1875. And that certainly isn’t going to change………ever…….since this state is sandwiched between Canada and Russia (and Trump clearly didn’t earn any love in Ottawa lately, and his love affair with Putin is a guaranteed divorce), and Alaska domestically is just a series of parks surrounded by Native reservations.
      Maybe you’d be happier in Texas, which is devoid of federal lands…….outside Forts Hood and Bliss?

  13. Seems like Murkowski is out on the far handle of her broom alone, not even Collins is out there. I hope she knows that many of us have equal disgust for her. Resign…

  14. Daddy’s Little Princess has something to hide.
    It’s only a matter of time before we find it.
    She certainly doesn’t’ t represent Alaska – Alaskans.
    Buckle up baby doll, you’re going to be outed soon!

    • Not soon enough
      She still has time to wreek havok.
      Why doesnt the republican party of alaska boot her out of the party and censure her?
      She is guilty of so many crimes against us all.
      Her derangement syndrome is atrocious.
      She has violated her oath of office since day one, voting against alaska, against we the people.
      She is a total disgrace.

      • AKGOP cannot “kick her out of the Party”, as we do not control voter registration. The only enforcement tool we have is to remove monetary and endorsement support – she has more money than the AKGOP, and she has the labor unions and Native leadership endorsements… We can’t force her hand and we can’t kick her out – the only tool we have is to recruit an opponent and elect them in her place.

    • Cam, so following your logic, the current state of affairs of an ever expanding and unaccountable leviathan is efficient?

      In my experience I’ve often found that a scatter gun produces immediate results when employed against vermin and other pests.

      There are some things one cannot reason with. These include Red Squirrels, Garbage Bears and Democrat Party controlled governmental agencies. Like a parasite they will eventually consume everything you have and rob you of your freedom!

      Cheers!

      • I was told that if I voted for Kamala Harris the stock market would crash. I voted for Kamala Harris and, sure enough, the market crashed. Just one example of how breaking the government can be the opposite of efficiency: Trump’s push to layoff half of the IRS workforce would cost the govt $350B over 10 years, as the revenue lost from unpaid taxes is about 9x the amount saved from layoffs.

        • Trump is basically only laying off the droves recently hired by the Biden regime during their massive expansion of all things big government.

          • Musk and Trump have created a conspiracy theory out of thin air that there are millions of people who have been alive for hundreds of years, and they are working with the Democrats to steal hundreds of billions from Social Security, and Musk is the first person to notice it.

        • What market crash?
          Year to date the S&P 500 (A pretty reliable indicator of the overall stock market) has dropped a little over 3%. The S&P has plummeted to it’s value in October, 2024.
          .
          Maybe you have a different definition of crashed, but this is not a crash in any manner.
          .
          But, it does impact my retirement date. I now have to push it back by zero days.

    • Nancy,
      Check all of our bank accounts. Make sure that our Senate retirement, State of Alaska, Social Security, and the stash from our first bank job is all in place. Kash is coming! Tell Lisa to quit talking.

      • It’s hard to get her to shut up, Frankie. She’s our little traitor daughter. And she doesn’t care how much it hurts us.

        • In our family, we call Lisa, “that crazy old bat Catholic who loves late-term abortion on demand and could’nt pass the Bar Exam until she finally cheated.”
          Joe Miller was the last best hope to push her out the window. Now, Trump has to finish the job. And hopefully, he does.

  18. The best Democrats in Alaska have Rs after their names.

    I expect nothing from Princess Pork.

    • Too true.
      For examples, just look at our state legislature.
      The Rs refuse to stand up for we the people of alaska, we CITIZENS.
      Their derangement is toxic to our state and nation.

  19. Defund What?!!
    My understanding and I believe, neither Trump nor Musk are drawing a salary and the D.O.G.E. computer auditors are being paid from Tesla, SpaceX and/or Musk’s pockets

  20. The crooked Murkowski political machine. Pretty hard to change the DNA she inherited from her dad.

  21. Is there a way we can get her out of office? She does not represent Alaska. She only represent herself. She’s an embarrassment to Alaska.

  22. No surprise here, She will continue voting against anything Trump does, even if it hurts Alaska.
    Lisa! Put aside your hate for President Trump and for once do what’s right for our state and country.

  23. Why doesn’t she just get it over with and join the Democrat Party? Or, for that matter, why doesn’t the Republican Party just kick her out!

  24. When your Hatred for one many is greater than your love for our country you are part of the problem, Lisa……

  25. To Mr. Musk,
    .
    We would be grateful for your help to eliminate ranked-choice voting, purge Alaska’s voter rolls, and expose dark-money donors and recipients, which, among other good things, should end the Murkowski problem.

  26. The Senator’s vote is a result of Alaska’s addiction to federal handouts. My rough analysis is that since 2020 the federal government has overspent by approximately seven trillion dollars. This excess spending has infected virtually everything in the US but it may be worse in Alaska.

    In the last fifty years, far too many institutions and individual Alaskans have sought to cash in on every give-away coming from Washington, DC. Federal appropriations are like opium. It feels so good at first but then becomes an absolute requirement. As institutions have learned to chase the federal dollars, they have failed to improve legitimate and sustainable business skills. Alaska’s economy has weakened and stagnated. Breaking the addiction to federal appropriations may be painful for Alaskans. Senator Murkowski was the only “Republican” to vote on the losing side here. The next three years do not look good.

  27. Lisa Murkowskis’ 2028 campaign slogan:
    “Government workers, unions and non-profit NGOs vote for me!
    I will support and defend ALL waste, fraud and abuse”

  29. Murkowski voted with the Democrats to defund the efficiency initiative, but the amendment failed, 52-48.

    That is the story.
    She failed as she always does, including her signature ANWR by voting for Deb Haaland who immediately tanked the legislation.

  30. As the posts are read, it comes to mind that of ALL the post, there is nary one that is positive towards Lisa. In personal conversations, the same result. Of course, my conversations are with fellow conservatives as I have very or no, contact with folks other.
    Having stated,this, a complement to all posters here, as the tone while in opposition to Lisa, are given in a manner opposed with out language that is offensive. Thank you each.
    Johnson-Ketchikan

  31. This RINOs election is in three years? This is a travesty. Six years is too long for a Senate seat. I have my pen at the ready. Anyone else will do.

  33. You have no idea how these programs work. The agencies project needs 5 years into the future and budget money for those needs. The workers then lock in those future contracts for a set amount. Much of this so called “savings” had yet to be assigned any project. Worse yet, tearing up those contracts means that costs locked in at 2020 prices will have to be rebid at 2025 prices. This is what you get when people who do not understand how government works are allowed to run rampent

    • Or maybe you simply don’t execute new contracts at all…. This is what happens when the government is not allowed to run rampant.

  34. There is something about Lisa… Being the sole republican to vote to defund DOGE, which is a function that takes no salaries, gives one pause. Even Mitch and Susan got the memo on that vote. Seems Lisa is trying to get her name out there by publicly trashing Trump and MAGA at every turn. A book nobody will read coming out in June? Something is afoot. A run for governor, perhaps? Or perhaps we should apply Occam’s Razor which suggests that when faced with multiple explanations for a phenomenon, the simplest one is usually the best. The best being that she is just a sub par performer (3 times for the Bar?!) that Alaska keeps reelecting.

  35. @Frankie, don’t forgot the ongoing attempted theft of The Peoples PFD. Never was Govt money,( legislators never had a say, vote or oversight with exception of Governor office overlooking any embezzlement from either the investment board, paid from the fund Not the Govt ) For the last 3 yrs the carpetbaggers in Juno( purposely misspelled ) have cut the dividend checks by half in attempt to save as their slush fund ! Ironically but predictable the very diversified Fund has not shown any growth in those 3yrs. Historically it has always grew since J Hammond negotiated the oil companies to not only allocate revenue to the state ( squander by the legislator long ago ) & to We The People to offset the Theft Spearhead by Jimmy Peanut Carter of Personal property owners MINERAL RIGHTS to their own Land. Maybe now that he is gone, they Federal Gubermint should seize any mineral or water rights from his inheritors in Georgia.Maybe the stagnation of the Fund could be attributed to STATE sponsored illegal “ PICK CLICK GIVE scheme ! Where if you elect to give over $100 dollars ( it’s not charity or a donation if by any chance you may profit from it, or else prove me wrong. The Lucky gambler should donate all proceeds “ OF THE REST of OUR STOLEN Percentage “ receives a big PAYOUT, this year it was over 800 thousand dollars !Close to the Amount the “ Lobbyist TOOLS “ not reps of the people, that illegally & with out consent so kindly cut our dividends by.Get this the reasoning to insure the longevity of the FUND ..ROTFLMAO. Hell some of those incompetent parasites can even balance their own Check books. Any one of them Derelicts of the oath they took that vote in any any shape or form to limit, allocate, control or fund in of their special interest( always making sure a percentage goes to getting themselves re-elected ) !! SHOULD BE VOTED OUT of OFFICE to insure any further theft of Monies they are in-trusted to spend for the betterment of al. This does not include Dept. Of Ed ( pick, click, give biggest receipt ) Or the University of Alaska whom has never honored the Deal made with the Feds when they became a “ LAND GRANT College “ ( should refer to them as an Institution) because any of whom receives that fancy piece of paper to hang on the wall of whatever Cage or as they say a office. So others will think their intelligent. Sorry to say but some of most self righteous, Arrogant, pompous asses I’ve met have a piece of emergency ruff TT paper hanging on their wall.Now many of them think the rest of us “ Tax Payer Bailouts”!should have to repay the Outrageous Loans They consciously incurred to obtain that piece of Fancy paper .. Guess some of them aren’t as bright as they believe they are.. MurCOWski should be Fighting for the People of this Territory MINERAL RIGHTS to be Restored if she is going to set ideally by while the STATEs legislature body IS OPENLY STEALING from those they are supposed to be representing. Personally I wouldn’t let any of them inept fleas take my dog to the dog park Knowing most of those incompetent pretenders would return with a goldfish & then look me right in the eye & try to tell me since it’s gold it must be a retriever. KEEP THE FILTHY POTLICKERS out of the Kitchen or soon the cupboards will be bare. JUST LIKE the dilapidated building next to the Capital bldg they want 500 million of the PFD to renovate into theirselves a FRAT HOUSE .OF COURSE for us .. LOL. To save us paying them Per-diem while their being whined & dined by sleazy lobbyists. Maybe just maybe I would concede a small amount to buy them each a WALL TENT to stay in..EVERYONE should call their rep office Monday and tell them to keep their grubby hands off the PFD &! Spend the time they are scheming on how they can ROB it on negotiating with FEDS to return the Millions of acres of LAND ( over a mil granted to University) Mineral, Oil, gas & water rights restored that they UNLAWFULLY stole from the State & it’s people!!

  36. The only way to remove a US Senator or US Representative is by impeachment. I feel it is time that
    Our US Senator and US Representative’s answers are accountable to our Governor.
    Murkowski only cares about her selfish self and will vote against Alaska. Unless it benefits Alaska Natives

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