{"id":2454413,"date":"2025-07-01T17:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-who-voted-yes-on-big-beautiful-bill-says-she-hopes-it-fails-in-the-house\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:42:13","slug":"gop-senator-who-voted-yes-on-big-beautiful-bill-says-she-hopes-it-fails-in-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-who-voted-yes-on-big-beautiful-bill-says-she-hopes-it-fails-in-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Who Voted &#8216;Yes&#8217; on &#8216;Big Beautiful Bill&#8217; Says She Hopes It Fails in the House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-senator-who-voted-yes-on-big-beautiful-bill-says-she-hopes-it-fails-in-the-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2454413&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska played a pivotal role in the Senate&#8217;s recent passage of a controversial bill labeled the &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; (OBBB) with a narrow vote of 51-50. While some Republican senators voted against it, Murkowski supported the bill but expressed hope that the House would reject it in its current form.She believes further deliberation is necessary and emphasized that the bill dose not fully satisfy her requirements, stating that voting against it would effectively kill the bill and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccarthy-says-biden-put-china-over-the-american-people\/\" title=\"Rep. McCarthy says Biden put China over the American people\">negatively impact<\/a> her constituents.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski highlighted that adjustments made to the bill addressed some of her concerns, such as increased flexibility for Alaska regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the removal of a tax on solar and wind projects. Even with these improvements, she acknowledged that the legislation is not ideal. Her preference is for the Senate&#8217;s version to proceed through a conference committee instead of returning to the house for a vote. House Republican leaders, though, are eager to advance the bill promptly, aiming to align it with President Trump&#8217;s America First agenda ahead of Independence Day.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is hoping the legislation she supported Tuesday morning is rejected in the House.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowksi was a critical vote to snare as the bill passed the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-senate-votes-big-beautiful-bill\/\">51-50<\/a>, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina joining the Senate&rsquo;s 47 Democrats to vote against the &ldquo;One Big Beautiful Bill.&rdquo; Vice President J.D. Vance broke the 50-50 tie to send the measure back to the House, which passed a very different version last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to Punchbowl News reporter Brendan Pedersen, Murkowski, a moderate, is hoping the House does not do as President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/back-trump-musk-feud-reignites-big-beautiful-bill\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> has long hoped, which is to pass the bill so he can sign it by Independence Day on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;MURKOWSKI tells reporters she wants the House to send OBBB back to the Senate to continue the work. She voted for it. &lsquo;My hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we&rsquo;re not there yet,&rsquo; Murkowski said,&rdquo; reporter Brendan Pedersen <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrendanPedersen\/status\/1940082580402982978\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Asked why she voted for the bill if it needs work, Murkowski said voting against would have killed OBBB<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Kill it and it&rsquo;s gone,&rdquo; Murkowski said. &ldquo;There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >tax impact coming forward<\/a>. That&rsquo;s gonna hurt the people in my state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan Pedersen (@BrendanPedersen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrendanPedersen\/status\/1940084085562528074?\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Asked why she voted for the bill if it needs work, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-murkowski-mcconnells-money-picks-democrat-alaska-gop\/\">Murkowski<\/a> said voting against would have killed OBBB,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrendanPedersen\/status\/1940084085562528074\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Kill it and it&rsquo;s gone,&rsquo; Murkowski said. &lsquo;There is a tax impact coming forward. That&rsquo;s gonna hurt the people in my state,&rsquo;&rdquo; Pedersen wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/07\/01\/congress\/lisa-murkowski-repulican-megabill-alaska-00435150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> the decision to back the bill was &ldquo;agonizing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p data-v-76dd54a1=\"\">&ldquo;Did I get everything I wanted? Absolutely not,&rdquo; Murkowski said.<\/p>\n<p>Murkowski said that changes to the language for reforms to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program created &ldquo;greater flexibility&rdquo; for Alaska and added that extra support for rural hospitals &ldquo;that is going to be very key&rdquo; also helped sway her vote.<\/p>\n<p>A tax on solar and wind projects she wanted removed was also done away with, she said, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/working-weekend-trump-confirms-senate-will-quite-busy-july-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tax cuts<\/a> Trump pushed for in 2017 are extended.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had to look on balance, because the people in my state are the ones that I put first,&rdquo; Murkowski said. &ldquo;We do not have a perfect bill by any stretch of the imagination. My hope is that the House is going to look at this and recognize that we&rsquo;re not there yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p data-v-76dd54a1=\"\">Murkowski said she wants the Senate bill to move through the conference committee process instead of going back to the House for a vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve urged the White House that I think that more process is needed to this bill, because I would like to see a better outcome for people in this country,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>However, House Republican leaders on Tuesday indicated it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">full speed ahead<\/a>, at least for now, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mike-johnson-readies-house-vote-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-amid-warring-gop-factions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The House will work quickly to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill that enacts President Trump&rsquo;s full America First agenda by the Fourth of July. The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay,&rdquo; A House Republican leadership statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This bill is President Trump&rsquo;s agenda, and we are making it law. House Republicans are ready to finish the job and put the One Big Beautiful Bill on President Trump&rsquo;s desk in time for Independence Day,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Majority Leader Steve Scalise said votes on the bill could begin as soon as Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>But as <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5377946-house-gop-senate-megabill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> noted, House Republicans of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-republicans-slam-senates-insulting-disgusting-changes-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple political philosophies<\/a> are unhappy with the Senate product.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On the text chains, on the phone calls, everyone is complaining,&rdquo; the site quoted one unnamed moderate House Republican as saying. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a few little provisions people will say something positive about, but no one is happy with the Senate version.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s amazing to a lot of us &mdash; how did it get so much f***ing worse?&rdquo; the GOP member said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Her vote was crucial in the Senate, where the bill passed 51-50, with Republican Senators Susan Collins, Rand Paul, and Thom Tillis voting against it alongside 47 Democrats. Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to return the measure to a House that previously approved a different version last month. According to Punchbowl News reporter Brendan Pedersen, Murkowski hopes that the House will not fulfill President Donald Trump&#8217;s desire to pass it by Independence Day on Friday. She expressed her wish for the House to send &#8220;One Big Beautiful Bill&#8221; back to the Senate for further work, stating that while she voted in favor of it, there are still issues needing attention. Murkowski explained that voting against it would have meant its demise and highlighted potential tax impacts affecting her constituents in Alaska. She described her decision as &#8220;agonizing,&#8221; acknowledging she didn&#8217;t get everything she wanted but noted some changes made were beneficial for her state. Despite expressing concerns about aspects of the bill, House Republican leaders indicated they plan to move forward quickly with passing it as part of Trump&#8217;s agenda before July Fourth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2454414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Murkowski.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[55268,6203,3653,5894,4012],"class_list":["post-2454413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-big-beautiful-bill","tag-gop","tag-house","tag-politics","tag-senator"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Murkowski.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454417,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454413\/revisions\/2454417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}