How Republicans got Murkowski to yes on Trump's megabill - Not in my backyard

 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/murkowski-trump-alaska-megabill-00435981

What Murkowski was wrangling for was pretty basic: How to blunt the impact of the bill on her state.

“What I tried to do was to ensure that my colleagues understood what that means when you live in an area where there are no jobs, it is not a cash economy,” she told reporters. “And so I needed help, and I worked to get that every single day.”

And as part of Senate Republicans’ sweeping final amendment to the bill that was part of the overnight negotiations, they removed a controversial tax on solar and wind energy projects that Murkowski and a handful of other Republicans were agitating to be removed.

Another goodie bordered on the obscure, if not for the senator: Bowhead whaling boat captains recognized by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission will be able to deduct more for whale-hunting-related expenses, up to $50,000 from the current $10,000.