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- Murkowski silently stares down NBC reporter asking about her 'Big Beautiful Bill' vote</p>
<p>Lindsay KornickJuly 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM</p>
<p>Alaskan Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski had a tense moment with NBC News reporter Ryan Nobles after he pressed her on the backlash she faced for her vote on the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" (OBBB) on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Nobles caught up with Murkowski after she voted in favor of President Donald Trump's $3.3 trillion spending bill, asking her to respond to criticism from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who claimed that she supported OBBB because it was a "bailout for Alaska at the expense of the rest of the country."</p>
<p>"Oh my God," Murkowski mumbled angrily before looking at Nobles.</p>
<p>"That's what Sen. Paul said," Nobles responded.</p>
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<p>She then stared at Nobles without making a response for more than ten seconds.</p>
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<p>"I didn't say it, ma'am," Nobles reiterated. "I'm just asking for your response."</p>
<p>"My response is I have an obligation to the people of the state of Alaska, and I live up to that every single day," Murkowski answered.</p>
<p>She added that it was "offensive" to claim that federal dollars being sent to a state is considered a "bailout."</p>
<p>"Do I like this bill? No. Because I tried to take care of Alaska's interests, but I know that in many parts of the country there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill. I don't like that. I don't like the fact that we moved through an artificial deadline, an artificial timeline, to produce something—to meet a deadline rather than to actually try to produce the best bill for the country," Murkowski answered. "But when I saw the direction that this is going—you know, you can either say, 'I don't like it,' and not try to help my state, or you can roll up your sleeves.</p>
<p>Fox News Digital reached out to Paul's office for a comment.</p>
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<p>Senate Republicans successfully passed the bill on a 51-50 vote with Vice President JD Vance casting the tiebreaking vote. Paul, along with Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, were the only Republicans who voted against the bill. All Democrats voted no.</p>
<p>Ahead of the Senate vote, several last-minute deals were made, including the doubling of the rural hospital fund to $50 billion, which was pushed by Collins, and a rollback of the start date of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) work requirements for states with higher payment error rates, like Alaska.</p>
<p>The bill now heads to the House, where Republican leaders are determined to have a final bill ready to be signed by Trump by Friday.</p>
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