Lisa Murkowski on Welfare & Poverty

Republican Jr Senator (AK)

Opposed the federal overtime laws

Murkowski said she consistently opposed the federal overtime laws that the Bush administration imposed this fall because she couldn't get assurances that Alaskan workers were protected. According to the Congressional Record, she did vote twice to generally cut off debate on a bill that Democrats had wanted to amend to, among other things, stop the overtime rules. Later, though, when the specific overtime vote came up in May, she voted for a Democrat-sponsored amendment to block the Bush rules. Source: AK Senate Debate, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Oct 20, 2004

Changes to Salmon program for WIC food

Recently, Murkowski won changes to the US Department of Agriculture's WIC Food Program that will encourage the government to purchase Alaskan salmon. The program provides meals to 37 million children and 2 million lower-income pregnant women yearly. Source: Campaign website, LisaMurkowski.com Jun 30, 2004

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