Senator Lisa Murkowski cast the deciding vote Tuesday to pass a massive spending bill that will send billions of dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement while cutting health insurance for millions of low-income Americans. The Republican-controlled Senate passed the bill, which also extends tax cuts for wealthy people and removes large abortion providers from the Medicaid program.
The Alaska senator has long called herself a moderate and even suggested just last week that she might become an independent and work with Senate Democrats, according to MSNBC. But when it came time to vote, Murkowski sided with President Donald Trump’s priorities. Her vote could shut down nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics across the country.
