Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]

Senate HELP Committee To Examine New Mammogram Recommendations

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

...people deserve to know more about how this task force came to its controversial findings" (Norman, CQ HealthBeat, 11/24). Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) wrote the letter. She said, "These recommendations have caused great confusion among women," adding,

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Senator calls for hearing to clarify cancer screening recommendations

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

...Alaska -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski called for a hearing to discuss new recommendations for who should get yearly breast cancer screenings. Murkowski wrote a letter, co-signed by 21 fellow senators, to the chairman and ranking republican member of the Health,

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22 senators urge hearings on mammogram recommendations

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...public backlash to the controversial new recommendations on breast cancer prevention has prompted Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., and 21 other senators to call for congressional hearings on the issue. The senators signed a letter, drafted by Murkowski, tha

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To save the planet, strike a deal with Big Oil

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Step forward Lisa Murkowski, the senior Republican senator for the 49th state and a more powerful politician than Sarah Palin will ever be. ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

(RTTNews) - Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, joined by a bipartisan group of fellow Senators, called on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

"This decision today by the Postal Service brings the Christmas spirit back to Alaska," said Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of several Alaska lawmakers ...

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Mammography Guidelines Intensify Healthcare Reform Debate

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

"It's just kind of a peek under the curtain, if you will, of what we can anticipate with a government-run program," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). ...

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Alaska Senators Split on Health Care Vote

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

US Senators Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski continue to be on opposite sides of the health care reform debate. On Saturday night's cloture vote to allow ...

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The National Review: The Republican War Still Rages

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

D., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz. Two weeks ago on November 7, the House voted 220 to 215 in favor of Speaker ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC – US Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement regarding her vote against beginning debate on the Democrat health care ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON, DC – US Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement regarding her vote against beginning debate on the Democrat health care ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

"This decision today by the Postal Service brings the Christmas spirit back to Alaska," said Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of several Alaska lawmakers ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Republican, said the bill weighs more than 20 pounds. The bill contains the word "tax" 511 times and includes 18 tax hikes, ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

"The scientists are going to fight about this for decades," said Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, one of several Senate ...

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United Kingdom: A climate change dust-up

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...on economics, not science. "The scientists are going to fight about this for decades," said Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, one of several Senate Republicans who say they are open to some form of a climate bill. "We should

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President Obama has developed tin ear in reform debate

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...Tennessee Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. We now have “a peek under the curtain,” said Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, “of what we can anticipate with a government-run program.” And who was reassuring us that they were wrong? C

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

The bill contains one amendment introduced by US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that would direct the FDA to update the Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

"There were a lot of gimmicks that we saw tonight," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski. "Not the least of which was the fact that we didn't vote to proceed for the ...

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Recommendations for women's health used by reform opponents

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON — Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Obama's proposed health care

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

"The scientists are going to fight about this for decades," said Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, one of several Senate ...

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