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MURKOWSKI: GLOBAL AIDS BILL INCLUDES FUNDING FOR ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States Senate tonight passed a $50 billion global AIDS bill that would make Alaska Native organizations eligible for a slice of $290 million in new federal funding to meet urgent health, public safety and sanitation infrastructure needs, announced Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. read more

SENATOR MURKOWSKI LAUDS VETO OVERRIDE OF MEDICARE BILL
July 15, 2008
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today voted to override President Bush’s veto of the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act. The legislation, which became law after the Senate’s override, blocks a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare provider reimbursement rates and provides a permanent 35 percent increase in Medicare reimbursement rates for Alaska’s physicians. read more

50th Anniversary
June 27, 2008
Senator Murkowski, along with Senators Stevens, Murray and Crapo, help celebrate Alaska's 50th Anniversary Statehood on the Senate floor with an reenactment of the Senatorial debate that took place 50 years ago.