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Sen. Lisa Murkowski
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Official Twitter account for U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. Follow me for news and updates on what's happening in the Senate and across Alaska.

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    Sen. Lisa Murkowski‏Verified account @lisamurkowski Jan 3

    On this day in 1959, Alaska officially became the 49th state! Happy Birthday to our beautiful home!pic.twitter.com/Tr9hNegiJ5

    9:25 AM - 3 Jan 2018
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      1. Jeff Miller‏ @blackhawks1114 Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        Alaskans be like “You sold all of us out” on that #TaxScamBill. Happy Anniversary, Alaska. I love your state and admire your beauty. Your 2-timing Senator...not so much.

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      1. Ben_Franklin‏ @_Ben_Franklin1 Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        You will make it unbeautiful when you destroy the unspoiled refuge for short term profit. Alas. I weep at this greed and shortsightedness

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      1. DrJess‏ @jessmamamd Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        Happy birthday, Alaska! Your present is environmental degradation and shredding of the social safety net! And heck, destruction of the middle class, you deserve it! Love, @lisamurkowski

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      1. JLM‏ @nobsonlytruth Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        You have nerve to post this. Your actions voting for this tax scam speak volumes to Alaskans and the American people

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      1. DesertGirl‏ @CDeBey Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        So sad to see your state be carved apart by faceless billionaires you have just sold your soul too. 😢

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      1. JoyceG ⭐️‏ @gil_joy5 Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        If you love 💕 it so much why ?? Why ? Why ? Did you agree to let oil corporations drill in protective land after 40 years of protection? You know that there is no such thing as “good” drilling. Plus we are less dependent on oil not more. Renewable energy is the best. Happy Birth

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      1. celine‏ @akaTheMGT Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        You love Alaska so much you sold its land to dirty energy & its people's healthcare, wages, free internet, & democracy to the Swamp.

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      1. Bill Farley ☘️‏ @realBillFarley Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        Senator James E. Murray (D-MT), the legislator who pushed hardest for statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, also put forward some of the earliest versions of the Wilderness Act.

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      1. Lisa Deupree‏ @bbfarmer2 Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        Too bad you screwed it over. Nice birthday gift.

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      1. Joanne O. Hamilton‏ @jofh5 Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        Why did you support the obscene tax bill? Why are you standing by the dangerous and incompetent president and his administration?

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      1. Ellen Garrison‏ @EllenTrailerDog Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        Let's celebrate by giving more tax breaks to billionaires and allowing Big Oil to drill the crap out of our beautiful home! Yay!

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      1. Mountain Biker‏ @drdoug47 Jan 3
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        In less than 60 year's you sold out to big business.. you should be so proud..

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      2. Franklin Lopez‏ @trueblue51 Jan 4
        Replying to @lisamurkowski

        Senator @lisamurkowski ...how about ending discrimination & segregation fo 3.3 million American citizens in the territory of Puerto Rico? "It is always right to do the right thing!"- Dr. Martin Luther King

        2 replies 10 retweets 7 likes
      3. OtherLone ⭐️StatePR51‏ @HgSCBF Jan 4
        Replying to @trueblue51 @lisamurkowski

        “Like Hawaii, Alaska’s economic indicators have improved across the board after being admitted as a State. It took a long time for AK to achieve statehood, but when it did, the results were quick and dramatic, and they have been enduring.” https://www.puertoricoreport.com/alaskas-long-struggle-for-statehood/#.Wk7NESspCaN … @repdonyoung

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      4. OtherLone ⭐️StatePR51‏ @HgSCBF Jan 4
        Replying to @HgSCBF @trueblue51 and

        “When AK become a state,its economy was in decline.The military buildup of the 50s had passed,its fisheries were threatened,and its lack of infrastructure stymied the tourism industry from growing.Yet it didn’t take long for AK to realize many economic benefits from statehood”

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      5. OtherLone ⭐️StatePR51‏ @HgSCBF Jan 4
        Replying to @HgSCBF @trueblue51 and

        “In Hawaii, real income per capita rose 21% from 1948 to 1958, and by 52% between 1958 to 1968, according to Robert Schmidt.“ https://www.puertoricoreport.com/hawaii-puerto-rico-different-paths-different-economies/#.Wk7NeCspCaN … #INCORPORATE 🌴🇺🇸🌴🇵🇷To #REBUILD @repjenniffer

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      6. OtherLone ⭐️StatePR51‏ @HgSCBF Jan 4
        Replying to @HgSCBF @trueblue51 and

        “According to economist Thomas Hitch, Hawaii’s tourism industry increased 15 fold following statehood, and outside investment was stimulated by statehood to a degree that he would have expected to take “a generation or two” to accomplish.“ @ricardorossello 🌴🇺🇸🌴🇺🇸 @POTUS @VP

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      7. OtherLone ⭐️StatePR51‏ @HgSCBF Jan 4
        Replying to @HgSCBF @trueblue51 and

        “Yet it didn’t take long for Alaska to realize many economic benefits from statehood.” Puerto Rico’s 119 yr #UnIncorporated #Colonial status has inyected the element of #FOREIGNESS reiterated by #TaxReform that scares investment as well as Tourism #INCORPORATE to #REBUILD @GOP

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      8. OtherLone ⭐️StatePR51‏ @HgSCBF Jan 4
        Replying to @HgSCBF @trueblue51 and

        Out of State out of mind “In terms of business activity, one possibility is that statehood could raise Puerto Rico’s visibility as a place for U.S. producers to locate.“ GAO, P.36 https://www.puertoricoreport.com/gao-say-statehood/#.Wk7OQSspCaP … 🌴🇺🇸🌴🇵🇷 #INCORPORATE to #REBUILD @PRicoReport

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      9. OtherLone ⭐️StatePR51‏ @HgSCBF Jan 4
        Replying to @HgSCBF @trueblue51 and

        “...Likewise, statehood could eliminate any risk associated with Puerto Rico’s uncertain political status and any related deterrent to business investment.” @orrinhatch @reprobbishop @repdonyoung #INCORPORATE to #REBUILD with #EQUALITY🌴🇺🇸🌴🇵🇷

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