Alaska Threatened by Trump Team on Senator's Obamacare Vote
- Interior secretary linked public-lands issues to Obamacare
- Alaska’s Republicans split in first vote on GOP health bill
Senate Prepares for All-Night Vote-a-Rama on Health Care
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has threatened Alaska’s senators with retribution on major energy and public-lands decisions because one of them voted against repealing Obamacare.
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski was one of only two Republicans Tuesday to vote against starting debate on a bill to repeal the health-care legislation. On Wednesday, Zinke called Murkowski and fellow Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan.